Media

Each day we are faced with positive and negative images of male and female bodies. Thinness is promoted across all platforms of advertising and all other media outlets. Magazines are filled with articles, advertisements, and messages that push readers to attempt perfection. We are being told to lose weight and be sexy everywhere we turn. Why are such high standards of beauty being forced while the majority of men and women are not naturally skinny? Research indicates that exposure to images of thin female bodies is related to depression and development of unhealthy eating habits.