Reflection on Body and Beauty Image in the Media
            
             No matter where you look, you can observe images of female bodies.
            
             They are being used in ordered to sell things from food cars. One can also
            
             observe that popular film and television actresses are a lot younger, taller,
            
             and thinner compared to the previous years. There have been cases where
            
             some have fainted because of the lack of food. Just by flipping through
            
             magazines, the media displays ads, urging that once you lose those last 15
            
             pounds that you can basically have everything, for example, perfect children
            
             and a job that is rewarding.
            
             There are standards of beauty which is being imposed on women and
            
             the majority are naturally larger and more of a majority are naturally larger
            
             and more mature than any of the models is because of economics. The
            
             cosmetic and diet product industries are assured of growth and product by
            
             presenting an ideal difficult to achieve and maintain. There is no 'accident'
            
             that the youth of today is increasingly promoted which also goes in the
            
             category of thinness as an essential criteria of beauty. This is a major issue
            
             because many women are insecure about their bodies and this leads them to
            
             buy beauty products, new clothes and diet aids. The diet industry is worth
            
             about $100 billion in the United States alone. Research indicates that
            
             exposure to any images of "thin, young, air brushed" female bodies has a
            
             connection to depression, low self esteem and the cause of eating disorders.
            
             According to the American research group Anorexia and Related Eating
            
             Disorders Inc. stated that approximately one in four college-aged women
            
             rely on unhealthy methods of weight control which includes skipping meals,
            
             excessive exercise, laxative abuse and self induced vomiting. Weight control
            
             measures are now being taken by girls as young as the age of nine. Jean
            
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