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I am disgusted by what the media portrays as a "beautiful woman" yet I still find myself comparing myself and others to those standards. If I'm being completely honest with myself, I heat healthy and exercise to be skinny. I want to look like those women in the magazines and on bill boards. Media is everything in today's society. Even when we think something is our own idea it can probably be traced back to something we heard or read in the media. We need to start using the media in a more

(continued) positive way. Knowing how big of an influence it can have on people (young girls especially), why do we continue to use it to make them feel like they aren't good enough. We should be utilizing the media to send a message that everyone was created uniquely and beautifully. We should be sending the negative message out about people trying to change who they are. As long as woman are portrayed as the they are in the media, girls are going to continue to aspire for that unrealistic goal

From an academic standpoint there is a lot of research showing that exposure to visual images affect how our brains understand ourselves--do we fit a certain expectation, etc. and then using that information as a constraint to decided whether are or aren't part of a group (in this case do we fit the parameters of being a "woman" or "man") But visual images are more than just body, it's skin color, hair type, facial symmetry. And the standard is v. white, thin, and traditionally femme.

(cont. sorry) So for anyone who is not white, or is not thin, or does not dress w/in confines of traditionally femininity, or who doesn't identify as male/female specifically, or is trans, the fewer representations they see matching their own bodies and selves, the more they're reminded that there is a social expectation out there that they are not capable of meeting in order to be considered "good enough" or "pretty" or "normal". There's really just this tiny window for all of us to fit.

Check this scale of how women and men rank themselves, what they find attractive in the opposite sex and same sex, and their ideal ranking for themselves. What do you notice about the different perspectives?

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Having recovered from an eating disorder, it's sad to see magazines naming and shaming celebs who have gained or even lost a lot of weight. And even worse suggesting reasons as to why this 'condition' has 'destroyed' them. It's hard to accept oneself and know that I'm normal when every model is stick thin. This dates back to a time when women were expected to be small and petite, we live in the 21st century, can we move past that stage please? Thank you for letting me say that, good luck! X

i hate all of the media and body image. its ridiculous. i have to be skinny but not too skinny or i look anorexic...you know what? lets see if you still think that when your daughter comes home and wont eat dinner to achieve 'perfection'

In America, we have this odd taboo of not being comfortable discussing sex, but at the same time, having titillation in advertising to promote products. It's this weird double standard that makes people confused, and in turn, sends the wrong kind of message. Be puritanical with your sexuality, but show as much of your body as possible in order to get a mate. And it effects both genders, leading to unrealistic representations of dating and sex. It's bizarre.

my biggest issue with body representation in media is the ridiculous thigh gap. literally every model and every girl our age on an advertisement has stick thin legs with a thigh gap. naturally, those people's hips are wider and the bone structure is different than those of us whose legs touch and have narrower hips. the fact that so many girls stop eating because they don't want their legs to touch is crazy. just because our legs touch doesn't mean we're fat or less beautiful.

Because not having knees is the new black (and, well, has been since the birth of Photoshop). (via Amanda Riley )

Ok this is getting ridiculous.. Even knees are seen as ugly, something we have 0 control over

UPDATE: Target has issued a response to the backlash and criticism it received when they published photos to their website of extremely photoshopped teenage girls. The statement reads: “In response to your query about the swimsuit image on Targe…

This is supposed to be advertising JUNIORS swimsuits... Do you see anything wrong with this?

Jean Kilbourne talks about how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity.

I encourage everyone to watch this video and EDUCATE yourselves on the impact of media on body image!

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"No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted"

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AIRBRUSHING can alter photos drastically. Looks like Britney's neck wasn't perfect enough... What do you guys think of these before and after shots?

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Sociocultural standards of feminine beauty are presented in almost all forms of popular media, barraging women with images that portray what is considered to be the 'ideal body'.

Kasey Serdar

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