The media presents society with unrealistic body types promoting people, especially women, to look like them. From the magazine racks in the local store overflowing with magazines highlighting beautiful women, to the TV commercials featuring tall, thin women promoting a certain product, the media is everywhere one looks, portraying images of unhealthy body types for girls to look up to.

"I wake up to the radio, eat breakfast to the TV, drive to school to the radio, use computers for schoolwork, and read magazines and watch TV before bed — the media is always there. I definitely think that the media affects high school culture. For examp

“Does media influence my life? Of course it does. It influences the way I speak (the words I use), the clothes I wear, and the food I eat. I see people in the movies and want the life they lead. I see clothing ads and want the clothes I see. I want to eat the food on TV because it looks so good and comes as “part of a complete breakfast.”

le, what people wear and how people want to look. And it especially influences girls our age — people definitely want to look like the models that they see, whether it’s wanting to wear the same clothes or wanting to be 5’10" and 100 lbs."

Some topics in this essay:
Doris Day, Christina Aguilera, Fowler Grade, Britney Christina, Kerrigan Grade, Ideal Beauty, body type, beauty eye beholder, body types, epitome perfection, people especially, images women, eye beholder, eating disorders, beauty eye,