Fashion and media

cess to media. Through these various types of media, youngsters are exposed to thousands of advertisement daily (Irving 259). Hundreds of studies confirm that media influences attitudes and behavior (Irving 259). The media have been implicated in the formation of unrealistically thin body ideals.
             The influence of the media on the proliferation of eating disorders cannot be refuted (Irving 260). From an early age, we are bombarded with images and messages that push the idea that in order to be happy and successful, we must be thin. Nowadays, a lot of the messages in magazines, radio, and television imply that being overweight is unacceptable. The most frightening part is that this destructive message is reaching our teenagers. Adolescents often feel fatally flawed if their weight, hips, and breasts do not match up to those of models and actors. Media's portrayal of women is just a mirror of what society wants them to be.
             Advertisers often emphasize sexuality and the importance of physical attractiveness in an attempt to sell products, however many people are concerned that this places a kind of pressure on women and men to focus on their appearance. In a recent survey by Teen magazine, 27% of girls felt that the media pressures them to have a perfect body, and that ads made women fear being unattractive (Field 90). Advertising media may adversely impact women's body image, which can lead to unhealthy behavior as women and girls strive for the ultra-thin body idealized by the media. Advertising images have also been recently accused of setting unrealistic ideals for males, and men are beginning to risk their health to achieve t
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