The Media’s Definition of Female Beauty Advertisements are the most influential media in our world. They shape our ideas and affect our look and behavior. People look at pictures and tend to mimic what they see. Nowadays, advertisements depict women in a passive/submissive, almost childlike manner. This implies that women are subdued, that they need to be controlled and dominated. Or that they are not beautiful unless they resemble the models. In other …
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…we are faced with the paradox that beauty is portrayed and perverted by modern media. We need to teach our teenagers that the images they face everyday, whether it is in television, film, or print are not the norm. If they are happy with themselves and love who they are, they will be less likely to try and attain society's unattainable "ideal" body image, because they will accept their bodies just the way they are.