The soap opera The Young and the Restless is an example of escape fiction that deals with the everyday life of so called ordinary people. ... A considerable amount of people in North America are getting botox and plastic surgery in the hopes of feeling good about themselves. ... There is a vast majority of North Americans that are dieting or have eating disorders because of what they see on television. In third world countries people are unable to watch television. ... People in third world countries also have a significantly lower amount of people with eating disorders and dieting becau...

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That's where it all starts, from models, and who else to blame but the fashion industry, they are the main people who hire models, they are the fuel that keeps the fire burning, if it weren't for them, being a size 10 would not hurt. ... Having models promote products all the time makes us think that only thin people can do modelling, which is wrong. Furthermore, if all the companies in the world used models to promote items, it will make us believe that models are everywhere and that it is common for people to be as skinny as they are. Unfortunately, it seems as if we are headi...

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