Every day women across the globe are bombarded by the appearance of "flawless" and "perfect" celebrities on many media platforms, such as the internet, magazines, and television. As a result, many campaigns have unrealistic for women to embrace their bodies and combat the unrealistic standards of beauty in today's society. The emphasis on such unrealistic standards from media outlets has statistically shown to have a negative impact on women and the way they view themselves when they are compared to societies' depiction of beauty. Unfortunately, unrealistic standards aren’t just promoted by media outlets instead over time they have been embedded in today’s society. For example, Many young girls around the world grow up around Barbies, yet have you ever considered the kind of body image the doll promotes? Almost all girls grow up playing with such dolls and are consequently familiar with its incredibly unrealistic proportions. A study …show more content…
Yet today in our society the propagation of these ideal body types through various media outlets contradicts everything said earlier. If beauty is judged by what's inside then why are there such high, unrealistic standards set for women? And why do major media companies alter the images to hide any flaw a person has? This is a major factor that leaves many women unhappy with their own body type, as they do not look like the model on the front cover of the magazine; who “allegedly" represents society's ideal body type with traits that include: large eyes, a small nose, a slim waist, broad hips, large breasts, long legs and more traits that are a far cry from the average woman's size. However, it is fundamental to understand how all such front covers are heavily edited to extenuate certain parts to give the model her flawless and perfect