The Media And Its Effect On Women And Their Views Of Their Bodies
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Distorted and unattainable sexist mass images are the inevitable
consequences of a social system in which those who are thin and big
breasted benefit most. We as a society have created an environment so
image obsessed that those with power give approval for being thin and
disapproval for being fa ....
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message that unrealistic thinness equals sexiness and popularity, which
equals beauty, success and all the "good" things in life. Yet, recent
interviews have revealed that even glamorous and successful supermodels are
afraid of getting fat and what it might do to their careers. In many cases
the media has constructed faulty images that suggest that the influence of
gender in terms of "human nature" compel people in the eyes of the media to
behave and act in certain stereotypical ways, ....
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