WEEK 6: "Media Image of Women"

1) The Main Idea of this article is how women from the media have a great effect on society and women and how they show such thin women on television and this makes other women feel insecure about themselves. This leads them to having many problems such as being Anerexic, and cause such other serious health problems, and even death.

2) The reason that is given in the reading to explain the images of women in the media is to show how the media pressurizes the women in the society which forces them not to aprreciate and love themselves for who they are, Naturally. In the article, it states that, "Women's magazines are full of articles urging that if they can just lose those last twenty pounds, they'll have it all-the perfect marriage, loving children, great sex, and a rewarding career. Many women have low self esteem after watching women in the media with such great figures and faces.

3)The researchers generated a computer model of barbie-doll proportions because they wanted to show that how the media images of female beauty are unattainable for all, but a very small number of women. They also stated that they would find a barbie doll's back would be too weak to support the weight of her upper body, and her body would be too narrow to contain more than half a liver and few centimeters of bowel. A real women built that way would suffer from chronic diarrhea and eventually die from malnutrition.

4) I believe that every women is different and beautiful in their own way, physically. For example, most women have different hair color, eye color, they can be tall or even short. In the media, there are also women who are portrayed individually. For example, Raven from disney channel. She is heavy, but she proves it that even even heavy women are just as beautiful and talented as thin women. She is a successful young lady and she also sets a great example to women who are overweight. I believe that all women with all shapes and sizes should be portrayed in the media so no one feels bad about themselves.