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Many of the major media’s companies do not realize what their product is doing. The are cause woman and young girls to feel as if they are not important.They have a lower self esteem and efficacy compared to the average male. They also are likely to suffer from an eating disorder. Many people who feel pressure for media have contemplated suicide.

Aside from media, other females also put a lot of pressure on other females. In my opinion, females are harder on each other than anyone else. I think it is a coping mechanism. If you do not have the nicest things or the prettiest face any other female will point it out to you. This is what scares me the most for the next generation. Especially my three year old niece and my best friend’s one year old niece. My niece was born with a double thumb and her parents have decided not to have her undergo surgery and physical therapy because the thumb does not bother her. From a very early age she has known that it was different to the point of where she would hide it if she was at the playground. She has had kids ask her mother what was wrong with her thumb. What scares me the most is that she will be bullied once she enters school. It terrifies me that she will grow up with a low self esteem and maybe even develop an eating disorder. My best friend’s niece, Scout, was born without thyroids which means all her life her weight will be her enemy. If she is not constantly active she could become obese. Once again, I fear that the “skinner” girls will pick on her. I do not want her or my niece contemplating suicide or feeling like they are not beautiful. The world is a cruel place and I just hope they are able to see the good and ignore the bad.

Around the middle school age I found myself stari...

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...ms crushed. If you have seen the show, it is an easy assumption that Raven would come up with some idea. She decided to get up there and model her dress regardless of what the fashion director said. This memory stands clear in my head mainly because of what she said next. “The look! Who says that is the only look? You make people feel bad if they don’t look like that… No one looks like that… because in case you haven't noticed people come in all shapes and sizes and they’re all beautiful..” At the age of seven this was the first time I openly saw anything on media that resembled real life. It was some one, just one person, taking a stand and showing that it is unrealistic for people to try to forced to be something they are not suppose to be. Even though this was a television show I think that was moment, and the show in general, took a real stance on real issues.