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The Media and the Self-Image of Women

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 fat, creating a generation of women so self conscious

about their body image, that it is affecting their health. In this essay I

plan to discuss the inexcusable methods in which the mass media encourages

young women to disfigure and mutilate their bodies.

When an obsessive media targets and forces young women to hate

their bodies it makes them more vulnerable to emulating media stereotypes

and prone to compulsive dieting. "Perfection looks like magic to those who

stand aside and do not know any better. The main problem with perfection

in a society so obsessed with perception is that it looks too easy." States......

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Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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