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Media Pressures
Websites
Overview of advertising's influence on body image, especially in young girls.
http://www.mediascope.org/pubs/ibriefs/bia.htm
Parody site criticizing the idealized images of the female body in Victoria's Secret advertising.
http://www.whatisvictoriassecret.com/
Offers statistics about how images and messages in the mass media affect women's self-image and self-acceptance.
http://www.about-face.org/r/facts/media.shtml
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.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/peaceandloveinc/
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.
http://www.stoptheobject.com
Article by Laura Fraser on why the media will not use images of overweight women.
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1388