se of self-esteem and pride in their individual uniqueness as a person. In the survey of fifty young girls ages fourteen through nineteen, there is a direct correlation between the amount of media they are exposed to and the self-esteem issues they acquire. More young women who are subject to more media show that they feel inferior to the Hollywood depiction of what a woman should look like. The more media they see, the more girls feel that the unrealistic image of women in media makes them feel less of a person, and they often find themselves comparing their bodies to others around them. In contrast, girls subject to less commercials and advertisements with women in them are less likely to judge themselves and others in this manner. This shows that when the girls are subject to more media, they feel less about themselves. Secondly, when the fifty young females were asked about what parts of their own bodes they were most unhappy with, the ones who tend to put, "everything" or "weight" watched more television and read more magazines, than those who listed such things as acne, specific facial features or simply "nothing". This is due to the fact that the women in media today are all the same type- skinny, and perfectly proportioned. Because these seem to be the main attribute to their success as a beautiful woman and actress, girls tend to see that these are their main problems and that to be happy and carefree like those in media, they must lose weight, or even worse, change their entire bodies. When they realize that they are not the perfect image that is show to them on a regular basis, they begin to feel like they are less that the average women. Unfortunately, this is not the case what so ever, since the average women in North America is a size fourteen (Crow magazine). Lastly, the media attribu
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