Insecurity is often caused by media merely because others are trying to promote makeup, fashion, and other products. Today, the media are more subdued in the way they cause these insecurities. The media have higher-ups that bribe others for popularity in order to gain money while promoting their products. This alone causes you to question the media and whether or not they are corrupted. In the article “ Stereotypes in the Media” by Kayla Cooper, she mentions that typical male characters are either shown as the “knight in shining armour” who are known as the gentlemen in more modern terms, the classic bad boy, or the boy who’s broken mentally and/or emotionally. Similar to male characters, their female counterparts are stereotyped as the bookworm,