With a nation filled with mass media depicting women with a so-called “perfect” figure and a gorgeous face, it is quite hard for a boycott on magazines to be successful. While magazines engulf this stereotypical woman, so do movies, television, billboards, newspapers, books, commercials and the Internet. The media is powerful in a society because it feeds off the demand of consumers. If these magazines were not in demand there would not be such a problem. But, the majority of consumers of magazines such

The best way to solve this issue is not through boycotts. People need to overcome the “ideal” image depicted in the media because most of the time they are only using a skinny, gorgeous woman to sell a product because she is attractive to the human eye. Just like a brand new candy apple red corvette would be instead of an old rusted station wagon sitting in the parking lot at the local gas station. Although boycotting has worked in the past, I think boycotting magazines would be a waste of time. People need to take that time and go to the gym or get advice on how to eat healthier instead of worrying about irrelevant advertisements. If women do not feel good about themselves because of a picture on a magazine, then they should get up off the couch and do something about it. Otherwise, they need to accept themselves and their bodies. What a person is on the inside is more important than how he/she looks on the outside, no matter what size, shape, sex, race, or physical ability. Instead of boycotting these magazines with emaciated models, I think society needs to work on the acceptance of their selves because it builds maturity and respect for one another, and it also sends a powerful message to children that help builds their own self-image.

as “Cosmopolitan” and “Glamour” are slim and fit; therefore a boycott would not be very effective to “rid” the harmful effects emaciated models cause. Not

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