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The Media and Its Effect on Women and Their Views of Their Bodies
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 ....
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.... of the media to
behave and act in certain stereotypical ways, in turn causing young
impressionable women to be wrongfully misled.
"Babies aren't born hating their bodies but instead grow up to
learn that fat is bad; and thinness will bring you happiness." states Sarah
Stephen in the 1998 article "Fat is Still a Feminist Issue" These images
are being taken to extremes throughout the fashion industry, often
displayed by the waif look of hollow cheeks and skeletal bodies. It has
been prove ....
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