It's crazy how women in the media are judged on looks and body image rather than personality talent, and accomplishment. I personally have been a victim of believing that I have to look a certain way to be accepted by others. These false beliefs started from my early childhood days and are still a present challenge for me. I used to save up my money as a teenage girl, so I could learn all about boys and fashion. Today there are many teen magazines; some examples are Teen People, Cosmo Girl, Teen Vogue, Tiger Beat, and Elle girl. While the editor of Teen Vogue, Amy Astley writes she is personally committed to having her magazine promote images of health and well being for her readers (Brown, 2002). These magazines allow young girls to explore makeup, hairstyles, fashion, boys and most importantly the different ways to build self-esteem and confidence in a positive way. However it's the hidden messages, and false expectations of getting that guy, or looking like that model that creates problems. Marc Jacob is a designer for Elle Girl, and Teen Vogue. His clothing is surely appropriate for teenagers, but Jacobs's outfits are in the two hundred dollar range (Brown, 2002). This puts pressure on young girls to look in style, and the parents feel pressure in their pocket book. Marc Jacob has one of millions of advertisements where his young models are following a particular body type "perfection". I believe that these images portray that thin is in and anything less is unacceptable. Teen vogue brags that they encourage teens that "finding yourself and what makes you happy and healthy is always in fashion"(Astely, 2002) however as the young reader flips the page she sees an advertisement for breast enhancement tablets. Articles that state for two-hundred and ten dollars you too can grow bigger boobs, feel more beautiful, and sexier than ever (Brown, 2002).
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I "m just learning now in my mid-twenties that people should like you for who you are.
