media-supported ideals of beauty's negative impacts

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Ideals of beauty promoted by the media have created a brand new definition for the word “beauty”. Beauty is associated with extreme thinness and Caucasian traits nowadays. People are bombarded with thousands of beauty and cosmetic advertisements shown on tabloid newspapers, magazines and pop-up advertisements every day and everywhere. The negative impacts brought by these advertisements outweigh their benefits. This essay will consider how people's confidence, controlling ability when achieving ideal images and the norms of beauty in society are adversely affected by the media-supported beauty ideals. Firstly, exposure to media images may alter the way how people evaluate themselves or even lower one's self -esteem. A research found that advertisements from the U.S. lay more emphasis on body and fail to depict full range of beauty types. (Frith, Shaw & Cheng, 2005) For exampmle, an overwhelming majority of the magazines are showing Caucasaian models who are thinner than the average of the American in general. People may feel stressed and dissatisfied after watching a massive number of advertisements. One study suggested that women become less satisfied with their appearance with increasing media exposure. (Rivadeneyra, Ward, & Gordon, 2007) Another report also pointed out that men will suffer lower confidence and will be more concerned about their fitness and muscularity, having comapared themselves with the media images. (Hobza et al., 2007) It appears to show that both genders are negatively influenced by the media-supported ideals in terms of self-evaluation. Secondly, people may lost their inhibition when they fully conform with the media-supported standards of beauty. Some of the advertisements may contai... ... middle of paper ... ...g-Kong-dieters-warned-over-swallowing-parasitic-worms.html R. Rivadeneyra, L.M. Ward, M. Gordon(2007). Distorted reflections: Media exposure and Latino adolescents' conceptions of self. Media Psychology, 9 (2), pp. 261-290 Sowray B. (2012). From Cocaine To Eating Cotton Wool Balls, How Models Stay Thin. Telegraph. Retrieved from http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG9524919/From- cocaine- to-eating-cotton-wool-balls-how-models-stay-thin.html Treasure, J. L., Wack, E. R.,& Roberts, M. E. (2008). Models as a high-risk group: The health implications of a size zero culture. British Journal of Psychiatry. 192, 243-244. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.044164 Zuckerman, D. (2005). Teenagers and cosmetic surgery. Virtual Mentor, 7(3). Retrieved from http://virtualmentor.ama-assn.org/2005/03/oped1-0503.html.

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Analyzes how media-supported beauty ideals have created a brand new definition for the word "beauty". the negative impacts brought by these advertisements outweigh their benefits.
Explains that exposure to media images may alter the way people evaluate themselves or even lower one's self-esteem. a research found that advertisements from the us lay more emphasis on body and fail to depict full range of beauty types.
Explains that people may lose their inhibition when they fully conform with the media-supported standards of beauty. some advertisements contain biased information in order to stimulate a company's sales.

Analyzes how media-supported beauty ideals have created a brand new definition for the word "beauty". the negative impacts brought by these advertisements outweigh their benefits.
Explains that exposure to media images may alter the way people evaluate themselves or even lower one's self-esteem. a research found that advertisements from the us lay more emphasis on body and fail to depict full range of beauty types.
Explains that people may lose their inhibition when they fully conform with the media-supported standards of beauty. some advertisements contain biased information in order to stimulate a company's sales.
Compares dove and abercrombie & fitch's efforts in educating the public about natural beauty with the mascular-ideal body campaign.
Concludes that the disadvantages brought by ideals of beauty promoted by the media and advertising industry are affecting both individual and society as a whole.
Explains that the construction of beauty: a cross-cultural analysis of women’s magazine advertising.
Explains that hong kong dieters warned over swallowing parasitic worms.
Describes the health implications of a size zero culture. from cocaine to eating cotton wool balls, how models stay thin.

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- Explains that the data will come from three public schools in san francisco to insure that we are obtaining data from children of different racial backgrounds.
- Explains that the girls' version of the children's figure rating scale will be used to see if there is a difference over racial/ethnic background.
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- Explains that the data will come from three public schools in san francisco to insure that we are obtaining data from children of different racial backgrounds.
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- Explains shadism is a skin tone bias that identifies groups and individuals on the basis of degree of skin pigmentation and fair complexion. women of color are considered beautiful only if they approximate the white ideal.
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- Analyzes how the media promotes a dominant view of how people should perceive beauty, and what consists of perfection in beauty.
- Explains shadism is a skin tone bias that identifies groups and individuals on the basis of degree of skin pigmentation and fair complexion. women of color are considered beautiful only if they approximate the white ideal.
- Explains that dissatisfaction with body shape and weight is a common problem with most females today. the prevalence of eating disorders has increased over the last fifty years.
- Explains borzekowski, d. l., and bayer, a. m. body image and media use among adolescents.
- Cites granatino, r., & haytko. body image, confidence, and media influence: a study of middle school adolescents.
- Opines that the mass media has become a great spread influence on people, especially in females.
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analytical essay
“The mass media serves as a mediating structure between individuals and their bodies by sending a powerful message to society: only a determined physical stereotype of beauty is valued” (Sepúlveda & Calado, 2012). Women develop a sense that they are not beautiful unless they look like the women in the photographs that are being advertised, thus causing a large impact on their health putting them at risk to develop physiologic issues possibly leading to eating disorders as discussed in the information presented above. This correlation does not affect women here and there; across the United States women are being impacted by the advertisements perused by the beauty industry because of the popularity of mass media in the current
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- Analyzes how the beauty industry is booming in the us, but is it moral? do women suffer from mental illness, anorexia, and bulimia because of what the industry promotes?
- Argues that the beauty industry has an impact on women's lives because of advertisements, and that it is not easy to tell women to avoid them.
- Explains that women are more likely to develop anorexia and bulimia due to social self-esteem and unrealistic expectations advertised from the beauty industry.
- Analyzes how the beauty industry is booming in the us, but is it moral? do women suffer from mental illness, anorexia, and bulimia because of what the industry promotes?
- Argues that the beauty industry has an impact on women's lives because of advertisements, and that it is not easy to tell women to avoid them.
- Explains that women are more likely to develop anorexia and bulimia due to social self-esteem and unrealistic expectations advertised from the beauty industry.
- Analyzes the disparity and inequalities focusing on the issue of beauty industry partnering with social media influencing eating disorders among women.
- Explains that women have an eating disorder when they compare their bodies to advertisements from the beauty industry.
- Argues that having an eating disorder resulted from comparison with others and not having a high esteem is going to affect an individual’s mental health before they develop the initial problem of eating disorders.
- Explains that the beauty industry plays a key role in advertising "thinspiration" to sell products, even with fake confidential advertisement of photoshop.
- Argues that the growing technologies of modern day industrialized societies have created a lager impact on individuals in the communities, particularly women for health issues.
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Beauty Culture: An Examination the Effects Media Has on Society
analytical essay
Society is obsessed with being beautiful. One just has to examine the amount differing beauty industries earn early for this fact to be evident. For example, the diet industry is a thirty-three billion dollar industry, with the cosmetic industry following close behind with twenty billion yearly (Wolf 16). However, this obsession with beauty is not without cause. As stated in Body Image: Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women, and Children, “In affluent Western societies, slenderness is generally associated with happiness, success, youthfulness, and social acceptability. Being overweight is linked to laziness, lack of willpower, and being out of control.”(Grogan 325) Despite common misconceptions, body image affects all groups of people. Consequently, the image people have of themselves and the way that they react to it differ greatly according to a variety of factors including sex, age, culture, and especially, the media they have been exposed to (Fox 2). The cultural standard of beauty, as displayed through the media, affects all groups of people to different extents.
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- Explains that society is obsessed with being beautiful. the diet industry is a thirty-three billion dollar industry, with the cosmetic industry following close behind with twenty billion yearly.
- Analyzes the negative effects of mass media on the general public's self-image and stereotypes.
- Explains that beauty culture and the media are beginning to have such a powerful influence on children.
- Explains that society is obsessed with being beautiful. the diet industry is a thirty-three billion dollar industry, with the cosmetic industry following close behind with twenty billion yearly.
- Analyzes the negative effects of mass media on the general public's self-image and stereotypes.
- Explains that beauty culture and the media are beginning to have such a powerful influence on children.
- Analyzes how media and advertising affect adolescents, who suffer from body-image dissatisfaction.
- Opines that men are unhappy with their bodies, and that they are beginning to alter their body to the standard that women do.
- Explains that the majority of american women are unhappy with their appearance, and it's getting worse. the media ideal for women is achievable by less than five percent of the female population.
- Analyzes how the cultural ideal of beauty is affecting all groups of life negatively.
- Describes wykes, maggie, and barrie gunter's the media and body image: if looks could kill.
- States fox, kate, and phelps, caitlin, ma. "mirror, mirror a summary of research findings on body image."
- Explains that lerner, brenda w., and k. l. learner. "food and body image." food: in context 1 (2011): 303-05.
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analytical essay
The era of mass media is flooded with all kinds of advertisements, and this ubiquitous industry(beauty advertisements especially) has gained higher public awareness these days, since it has been accused of creating unreal ideals of beauty which pose pressure on females to become slimmer and more facially attractive, forcing them to damage their health at the expense. However, criticisms against advertisements are basically focused on the negative effect on women’s health, behind which there is in fact something we ignore. In brief, what should be noticed is that on acceptance of the reasonability of beauty advertisements, women are by osmosis admitting the inferiority of their social status compared with men. In the ancient times, women were controlloed both physically and mentally by stale social moralities and traditions, whereas in this nowadays society which seemingly emphasizes freedom, advertisements may be a new form a restriction to females. This rest of essay is going to argue that advertisements and media affect women’s social status in a negative way.
In this essay, the author
- Explains treasure, wack, and roberts' views on the health implications of a size zero culture.
- Explains frith, shaw, and cheng's analysis of women’s magazine advertising.
- Cites kilbourne, jean, "beauty...and the beast of advertising." center for media literacy.
- Explains treasure, wack, and roberts' views on the health implications of a size zero culture.
- Explains frith, shaw, and cheng's analysis of women’s magazine advertising.
- Cites kilbourne, jean, "beauty...and the beast of advertising." center for media literacy.
- Explains that male models earn less than female models: where's the outrage?
- Argues that advertisements and media affect women's social status in a negative way.
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Television Viewing and Its Effects on Females
explanatory essay
Other than television, exposure to other forms of media contribute to negative perceptions of body image on females. A study was done on a group of 37 female college students, they were shown 24 magazine advertisements that consisted half of body-related advertisements and the other half on non-body related advertisements. Results both before and after the test were recorded. The results showed that when these females were shown the body-related advertisements that showcased images of ‘beautiful women’, the exposure to “idealized images led for an increase in body shame and appearance anxiety” (Davis 13) whereas when showed non-body related advertisements, women did not react the same.
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- Explains that television viewing in general does not directly correspond to the encouragement of body dissatisfaction amongst females nor does it increase the urge to achieve thinness. melrose place and beverly hills 90210 are skinny-oriented television dramas.
- Explains that gonzalez-levin and smolak's study on pre-teen and teenage girls showed similar results. they found heightened idea of body resentment was prevalent in girls who had exposure to more than 8 hours of television in a week.
- Explains that exposure to other forms of media contributes to negative perceptions of body image on females.
- Explains that television viewing in general does not directly correspond to the encouragement of body dissatisfaction amongst females nor does it increase the urge to achieve thinness. melrose place and beverly hills 90210 are skinny-oriented television dramas.
- Explains that gonzalez-levin and smolak's study on pre-teen and teenage girls showed similar results. they found heightened idea of body resentment was prevalent in girls who had exposure to more than 8 hours of television in a week.
- Explains that exposure to other forms of media contributes to negative perceptions of body image on females.
- Explains that according to ‘the everything parent’s guide to eating disorders’, young girls are exposed to approximately 400 to 600 media images each day. these images are airbrushed photos of supermodels or celebrities.
- Explains that social media platforms allow people to post pictures of themselves and their personal opinions, but it also affects female perceptions of their body image.
- Explains that researchers from the university of strathclyde, ohio university, and iowa did a combined study on 881 female college students in the united states.
- Explains that the social phenomenon, ‘selfies’, does in fact play a part on the impact in women and their body dissatisfaction towards oneself.
- Concludes that mass media usage and exposure in general does not contribute to females' perceptions of their own body image. however, when exposed to selected kinds of media, they are much more susceptible to compare themselves with others and feel negative about their bodies.
- Explains why some females are affected by unrealistic portrayals of women in the media, while others are not. one key factor is age; body image is a major issue among girls in mid-adolescence.
- Explains why not all females' body images are affected by mass media is their belief and how they conceptualize their body image from the beginning. culture refers to a set of values, traditions, and ways of interacting with the world that can be brought across by different types of communication.
- Explains that african american women have higher levels of self-esteem than caucasian women, whereas asians or individuals in collective cultures have lower levels.
- Explains the extent of mass media contributing to negative perceptions of body image by females. the media portrays "typical" images of women as "15% below the weight of the average woman."
- Explains that the social learning theory illustrates how females learn how to acquire their idea of an indefectible body image, which they have previously learned from the media. modeling is at the core of learning.
- Explains that modeling occurs when three factors are present: individuals have a greater chance to model someone else if that person that they are modeling is of higher status than them; and the higher the desirability of the person on that behavior.
- Opines that celebrities can cause a great impact on people of the society. celebrities are usually deemed as having higher status and having greater "power" than others.
- Explains that mass media influences the maturation and development of the schema in females. a schema is a cognitive structure that organizes information, beliefs, assumptions, and feelings so as to process information quickly and effectively.
- Analyzes how the media portrays specific and selective ideas towards females, such as beauty is the main aim in a female's life; only skinny is beautiful; and women are expected to feel "shyness, anxiety and shame in relation to body fat and their appearance."
- Explains that an experiment conducted on high school girls concluded that by watching and viewing television commercials that consisted of the ‘thin-is-beautiful’ ideal, individuals would eventually have a greater probability of developing “self-schema emphasizing appearance”.
- Explains that heavy mass media users tend to "cultivate" perceptions of the world that are congruent with those shown in the media.
- Opines that media exposes females to a warped perception of beauty and identity, which is expected of women in society.
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explanatory essay
The belief that “thin is beautiful” is spreading widely throughout the globe and has becoming a culture leading to negative body criticism being practiced among general public these days. Particular evidence was found through a research study being conducted showing that media education do displays an unrealistic representation of men’s and women’s body images that causes society to self-doubting their body image. A video titled Evolution created by Dove presenting how media images of women were materially manipulated then found that the impacts on body dissatisfaction and lower self-esteem as well as lower confidence of young girls were decreased. Meanwhile, advertising through the magazines, television, or billboard has a strong influential
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- Explains that the belief that "thin is beautiful" is spreading across the globe, leading to negative body criticism being practiced among the general public.
- Explains that the belief that "thin is beautiful" is spreading across the globe, leading to negative body criticism being practiced among the general public.
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The Controversy Between Age And Beauty
analytical essay
Images of beauty are exposed and represented in everyday lives, such as in sports, magazines issues, movies, book novels and it trickles down to local soap operas and sitcoms. Both men and women must meet the “Hollywood” standards of beauty and good looks if they want to be successful. The media’s purpose to portray the standards of beauty is to sell their products oftentimes using young and beautiful models with good looks to entice the consumer and reinforce these images as beauty, for everyone to emulate. Furthermore, there are campaigns the media utilizes to grasp the attention of the consumer through the method of oversexualization, a tactic usually directed to the adult consumer. However, the youth population has become affected now more than in past decades, as technology has made it more accessible with mobile pads and mobile phone devices. Television also has an influence and young and old alike making them believe that long, thin silky limbs, large breast, small nose, and perfect white straight teeth and supple lips are important characteristics of success. Men have, in some way or another have also been expected to hold a masculine physique that may be unchanged in the last 50 to 60 years, but must still represent an expression of mystery and chiseled jaw and a certain amount of muscles and physical appearance usually represented by younger
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- Analyzes how the 1992 fantasy-comedy, death becomes her, stars goldie hawn and meryl streep as two middle-age women who intend to freeze the aging process with the help of an elixir promising eternal physical youth.
- Opines that the media perpetuates unrealistic expectations of beauty that are damaging to the character of the individual.
- Explains that the pressure to remain young affects the older generation who are aging and "gravity" takes hold.
- Analyzes how the 1992 fantasy-comedy, death becomes her, stars goldie hawn and meryl streep as two middle-age women who intend to freeze the aging process with the help of an elixir promising eternal physical youth.
- Opines that the media perpetuates unrealistic expectations of beauty that are damaging to the character of the individual.
- Explains that the pressure to remain young affects the older generation who are aging and "gravity" takes hold.
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Deconstructing the Idea of Beauty
analytical essay
In her controversial bestseller Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf argues how culture’s images of beauty found on television, magazines, advertisements and pornography are detrimental to women. She exposes the unrealistic and impossible standards of female beauty that create insecurity and self hatred that can be easily exploited by glossy magazine pictures, fashion world, Hollywood, diets and plastic surgery industries. Wolf demonstrates that the concept of “beauty” is a created weapon that is used to make women feel badly about themselves because realistically not everyone can live up to the ideal template. Wolf’s argument is effective because through the use of persuasive and convincing language, she allows the reader to know the whole truth of how women are harmed in so many areas due to our culture selling women pointless products and pressuring them into striving for a certain narrow picture of beauty.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how naomi wolf's controversial bestseller beauty myth exposes the unrealistic and impossible standards of female beauty that create insecurity and self hatred that can be easily exploited by glossy magazine pictures, fashion world, hollywood, diets and plastic surgery industries.
- Explains that naomi wolf graduated from yale university and did graduate work at oxford university. she is an american author and a public speaker on social justice.
- Analyzes how naomi wolf reached out to women in her book, the beauty myth, in hopes that every woman would stop letting the concept of the beauty myth distract them from realizing everything they are capable of.
- Analyzes how naomi wolf's controversial bestseller beauty myth exposes the unrealistic and impossible standards of female beauty that create insecurity and self hatred that can be easily exploited by glossy magazine pictures, fashion world, hollywood, diets and plastic surgery industries.
- Explains that naomi wolf graduated from yale university and did graduate work at oxford university. she is an american author and a public speaker on social justice.
- Analyzes how naomi wolf reached out to women in her book, the beauty myth, in hopes that every woman would stop letting the concept of the beauty myth distract them from realizing everything they are capable of.
- Analyzes how wolf focuses on the role of women's magazines shaping their lives and making women feel bad themselves.
- Analyzes how wolf's logo portrays women as victims of men and fashion, and undermines the reader with the lack of support for the evidence of her opinion.
- Analyzes how wolf educates readers about the consequences of the beauty trap by using strong words like itching, parching product lust, and abiding fantasy.
- Analyzes how wolf uses strong and straightforward language to wake up women and let them see the true light of how they have been put down by fashion industries, magazines, etc. the language strengthens her credibility as a writer because it is appropriate for her audience.
- Opines that wolf's book is an enlightening look into society’s expectations of beauty and the ideals that are placed on women.
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Beauty Advertisement Analysis
analytical essay
Beauty stereotypes having perfect physical specimens are presented in the ads. The women are young, sleek having zero size figure, yet well busted. Repeated representation of Beauty stereotypes creates a standard of beauty and fitness. The female viewers are persuaded to attain the unattainable ideal beauty. “For women, beauty has been institutionalized to the point where an entire industry devoted to beauty has been created. Beauty is tied not only to appearance but also to mental health and physical well being (Brand, 1999). This beauty ideal is an overall “look” that incorporates one’s physical features as well as a variety of products or services as clothing and cosmetics (Englis et al., 1994). Striving to meet the cultural ideal is a key selling message used by many types of advertisers involved in selling beauty – oriented products (Jacobson & Mazur, 1995).” (Gender and Advertising). Hence, the advertisers easily lure the female viewers to their products and engage them to the process of trying to attain ideal beauty. In India, the most popular product that sells this message is the fairness creams that claim to lighten the skin tone.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how beauty stereotypes create a standard of beauty and fitness for women. the cultural ideal is an overall "look" that incorporates one's physical features as well as products or services.
- Analyzes how women are presented as decorative and sexual stereotypes in advertisements. they are passive and disengaged to the advertised product. advertisements define women in the context of the family (as wives and mothers).
- Analyzes how decorative visualisation supports patriarchy's appropriation of the passive position of women in society. use of gendered stereotypes helps advertisers establish rapports with consumers immediately and send the message about the product easily.
- Analyzes how beauty stereotypes create a standard of beauty and fitness for women. the cultural ideal is an overall "look" that incorporates one's physical features as well as products or services.
- Analyzes how women are presented as decorative and sexual stereotypes in advertisements. they are passive and disengaged to the advertised product. advertisements define women in the context of the family (as wives and mothers).
- Analyzes how decorative visualisation supports patriarchy's appropriation of the passive position of women in society. use of gendered stereotypes helps advertisers establish rapports with consumers immediately and send the message about the product easily.
- Explains that in alluring depiction, the woman may look at the camera with pouted lips, lifted busts, lying submissively on a furniture or lawn.
- Explains that advertisers associate sexual images of women to get the approval of male consumers. romantic images are less blatant and more ambiguous than traditional sexual imagery.
- Argues that advertisements have great power to create and transmit cultural meanings. perpetual presentation of women as home makers provides a limited view of gendered roles.
- Analyzes how ads on products that promote ideal beauty generate the message that physical appearance is the only aspect that provides worth and success to women. the exposure of thin beautiful models leads women consumers to dissatisfaction and frustration about their body.
- Analyzes how advertisements reinforce the individual as a central value, and how the body and identity are dismembered.
- Analyzes how a "woman in pieces" is an ideological strategy to open new market spaces for products and services that become holders of these ever more specific territories of the body.
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The Affect of Media Beauty Standards on Women's Self Esteem
analytical essay
One question looms large. Is self-esteem affected by media? Many think it is. Morant (2000) reports on the BMA's findings that media should take more responsibility. A report was done about body image and the media and calls for a more realistic range of body types (2000). Council Chairman Dr. Ian Bogle claimed that there is a cult of
In this essay, the author
- Opines that holsey, s., disenchanted with rap's direction. michigan chronicle, p.
- States that pipher, m., reviving ophelia : saving the selves of adolescent girls, ballantine reader's circle, 1995.
- Opines that vargas, j., expanded the popular culture debates: puertorriquenas, hollywood, and cultural identity.
- Opines that holsey, s., disenchanted with rap's direction. michigan chronicle, p.
- States that pipher, m., reviving ophelia : saving the selves of adolescent girls, ballantine reader's circle, 1995.
- Opines that vargas, j., expanded the popular culture debates: puertorriquenas, hollywood, and cultural identity.
- Opines that women of all ages are coerced into physical and psychological self-torment trying to achieve an optimum look or image.
- Argues that while film and television influence society, they are also a reflection of it.
- Argues that rap has taken a negative turn and glorifies ignorance, violence, and misogyny.
- Argues that the media is a reflection of society, and that women should be free of the pressures and influence of advertising.
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