The main idea of the article is to show how women are depicted in the media, and how negatively it effects womens own views of themselves.
2.) I think one reason that is given in the reading to explain womens images in the media is that painting females in this way makes big bucks for giant companies, like the diet industry, & the cosmetic industry. As we all know, our country is very big on making money, no matter who or what is at stake.
3.) The researchers generated a computer model of barbie-doll proportions to show how unrealistic and dangerous these expectations were for normal women.
4.) I think there should be more diverse women painted in the media. I don't think that we need to eliminate every skinny model out there, but I think it's important that more of a variety of women have their pictures snapped in magazine ads. I think the media should also focus on not advertising plastic surgery, cosmetics, and fad diets as much as they do, it deteriorates a womans self esteem. Maybe even eliminating air brushing might help also.
2 comments:
Great job, however your idea is not going to happen because the industries involved still know their target audience!
i agree, more diverse women should paint in the media.
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