Media

       Pictures of size zero models. Make up covering their faces. Tight clothing. Small clothing. Barbie. How to look-- how much to weigh-- how to be pretty. The media places so much pressure on how a women or a girl should look. You're only attractive if you weigh a certain amount. Models everywhere do not represent the average girl in society. If you were to look at a group of people, you would be more likely to see girls with hips, and a waist, than you would to see a stick figure. The media has taken this too far. More women then ever are uncomfortable with their bodies. Commercials, magazines, advertisements everywhere telling you how to lose those last 10 pounds. Millions of diets that people can sign up for. How often do you see an ad for weight loss and a man is the spokesperson? The media targets women. They have worked so hard to make women feel unhappy with their bodies, that they will believe these diets work. They're desperate to become "skinny." But honestly, what is skinny? Weighing one hundred pounds? Exercising constantly? Eating little to no food? Being skinny is a lifestyle. One cannot do all that work to lose weight than go back to their old habits. If you're going to weigh one hundred pounds, you will have to work for it each and everyday.
       The fact that the media has targeted children in unbelievable. Girls look up to barbie, her beautiful face and hair, her tiny waist, but large breast. Media has created an image for girls, but the image is not even realistic. They want to wear tight jeans, and small shirts. They want to be "sexy."  The image that every little girl wants is unrealistic. I see girls who are in grade three wearing make-up and inappropriate clothing. They are being stripped of their childhood, of their innocence.
       Media is taking over our society. So many self-conscious girls, eating disorders, inappropriate clothing. Our society has taught us that one can only be beautiful if they are skinny. One can only be happy if they are skinny, if they are sexy This image needs to change. Happiness doesn't come from appearance, it comes from acceptance.