The media plays as a huge factor in my issue. Women’s body parts are used to help sell everything from food to cars. Popular film and television actresses are becoming younger, taller and thinner.(“Kogler, Caroline, and Lindsey Stevenson. "No Wonder Our Perception of Beauty Is Distorted?" Web.”)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 which is a false claim. (“Kogler,Stevenson”)Studies have shown that about 70% of young girls feel that the appearance if models found in magazines influence their image of a "perfect female body." Of those 70%, 47% of those same young girls feel the need to lose weight so their bodies can look just like those models.(“Kogler,Stevenson”) It is estimated that the diet industry alone is worth anywhere between $40 to 100 billion a year selling temporary weight loss products.(“Kogler,Stevenson”)Media images of female beauty are unattainable for all but a very small number of women. (“Kogler,Stevenson”)Television and movies reinforce the importance of a thin body as a measure of a woman’s worth . (“Kogler,Stevenson”)The cover of most women magazines include pictures and message about how to change a woman’s bodily appearance—by diet, exercise or cosmetic surgery.(“Kogler,Stevenson”) The reality is that most magazines airbrush photos and use expensive computer technology to correct blemishes and hide figure flaws .(“Kogler,Stevenson”) Women are consistently given the message that they are not pretty enough or thin enough In today's modeling industry, a "plus size model" is considered anything over a size 6! (“Kogler,Stevenson”)