Self Image

I recently read an article in an old magazine of mine and it was about body image. In the article the writer blamed the media for representing women as perfect bodies with flawless skin. That was the basis of the article. I can only partially agree with the article. I agree because there is an extremely large amount of ads all protraying women as size 0's with large chests to go along with it, and long slender legs. The reality most of the girls and women across the world deal with is nobody is nearly close to being that perfect. This is where I believe there are other factors that lead to girls with poor self and body image. When you see an ad it is up to the viewer to decide how to interpert it. Most of the girls and women know that the people we see on T.V. and in magazines are airbrushed to perfection, because this is a reality to us, we should be able to tell ourselves that and not let the media control us and make us think skinny and perfect is beautiful. It takes the consumer to not let it get to them but it would be a great deal of help if the media relaxed a little bit and showed the world real women instead of a body type that only makes up a small portion of the world's population.