Body Make Over.
“Size zero, long, straight blonde hair, Caucasian, and blue eyes is the look among females seen in Abercrombie and Fitch.” is the way the author, Lovely Lopez, from a Divine Caroline article starts off her argument. And because of this "common" look throughout advertisements, it causes women to trash their mind with the way they "should look".
And we can thank Photoshop for this. It can literally create any girl, into the next Megan Fox. "Most women know that the images they see on magazines are airbrushed and distorted in some way. With the use of Adobe Photoshop and the possibility of cosmetic surgeries such as breast implants or liposuctions, women on television and magazines look the way they do. Nonetheless, the need to look and feel thin has driven women to compare themselves to mannequin-like bodies and airbrushed faces of other females in magazines."
And even though women know the perfection is all fake, it doesn't stop them from attempting to achieve the same look: no matter the consequences. Lopez states how women with eating disorders always relates back to the idea of being "ideally thin". But women are not the only ones affected by the media. With the consistency of these "perfect women", men just expect all women to look like a Victoria Secret model. "With this kind of pressure, women are likely to engage in unhealthy
lifestyles to look like Megan Fox or Jenna Jameson. Men admire other men
with attractive female partners." And not only does this affect women physically, but their self esteem too.
But sadly, companies are willing to pay millions in order to have the type of women they desire. And after so much time of having the same body type as their image, this has become a permanent image for women to compare themselves to.
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And we can thank Photoshop for this. It can literally create any girl, into the next Megan Fox. "Most women know that the images they see on magazines are airbrushed and distorted in some way. With the use of Adobe Photoshop and the possibility of cosmetic surgeries such as breast implants or liposuctions, women on television and magazines look the way they do. Nonetheless, the need to look and feel thin has driven women to compare themselves to mannequin-like bodies and airbrushed faces of other females in magazines."
And even though women know the perfection is all fake, it doesn't stop them from attempting to achieve the same look: no matter the consequences. Lopez states how women with eating disorders always relates back to the idea of being "ideally thin". But women are not the only ones affected by the media. With the consistency of these "perfect women", men just expect all women to look like a Victoria Secret model. "With this kind of pressure, women are likely to engage in unhealthy
lifestyles to look like Megan Fox or Jenna Jameson. Men admire other men
with attractive female partners." And not only does this affect women physically, but their self esteem too. But sadly, companies are willing to pay millions in order to have the type of women they desire. And after so much time of having the same body type as their image, this has become a permanent image for women to compare themselves to.
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