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Body Image - Media Pressures

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      new window About-Face: Facts on the Media Description: Offers statistics about how images and messages in the mass media affect women's self-image and self-acceptance. (about-face.org)
new window Fear of Fat: Why Images of Overweight Women Are Taboo Description: Article by Laura Fraser on why the media will not use images of overweight women. (fair.org)
new window Mediascope Issue Briefs - Body Image and Advertising Description: Overview of advertising's influence on body image, especially in young girls. (mediascope.org)
new window Stop The Object Description: Site is about images of beauty and sex objects in the media that hurt body image for women and men alike. Information about body image disorders. (stoptheobject.com)
new window The Focus on Beauty Description: This site examines the depiction of female beauty in the media. The intent is to demonstrate how the media negatively impacts women's views of themselves, often leading to low self-esteem and other problems. (members.lycos.co.uk)
new window What Is Victoria's Secret Description: Parody site criticizing the idealized images of the female body in Victoria's Secret advertising. (whatisvictoriassecret.com)
 




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