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When women look at th beautiful women in the magizines they think ohhhh wow i wish i wasn't so ugly
and could look like that. And they sometimes in the worst case they want to kill them selfs. |
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That's true. Girls look at models and say "awwwww I am a hippo compared to them!" breakss down their
self esteem |
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Absolutely! It always makes ppl thinkl that they wish that they are a model when all the models
perfect shape and skin-really smooth skin with no pimples in the magz is just made all smooth from
computers and stuff like that! No-one is perfect and has a perfect skin and shape.
Everybody-including me-has a few not good enough part in their body or a few pimples/mole/freckles. |
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I an sooooooooooooooooo beautiful |
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Absolutely. These fashion magazines know EXACTLY what they are doing, too. They get impressionable
girls (of a different kind of beauty than the unhuman looking models they use) feeling so out of the
loop, they SPEND TONS OF MONEY on makeup and clothes, just so they can look as dreadful and
hermaphroditic and these "female" models in magazines. I used to do "large" sized modeling myself
(size 12-14) and I know for a fact that some fashion house's requirements for models are so
unrealistic that some of the fashion models you see in magazines are actually very pretty, young
boys. |
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Yes. The magazine editors edit the pictures, making young girls think that they are flawless and
they have to be flawless as well. Everyone has pimples and moles, its natural. Those Photoshopped
models are celebs are creating a bad image for todays girls. |
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Totally! All the women in the magazines are scary thin! It is a bad image. |
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I agree 100%. I think it's worrying how many youg girls are suffering from eating disorders and poor
confidence at the hands of these stupid magazines! All they promote is stick thin (size zero)
celebrities and models! It is wrong how grils are aspiring to become one of these women. Unless the
indiviual in naturally thin, they are probably plagued by eating disorders and ill health
themselves. |
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It usually depends on the magazine...if people started reading Seventeen magazine, I'm sure they
wouldn't feel so under pressure about bettering themselve because of the dumb articles or
photographs of models who look gorgeous [ONLY SOMETIMES]...but mostly I can agree considering many
magazines only express [again the photos] only the way the magazines make them look. |
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I agree 100% they don't promote what theyre meant to be promising... It promotes low self esteem and
images that are impossible to achieve because they're not real.. They've been air brushed and
touched up to cover up what a real human being actually looks like..also more and more younger
people are buying these magazines at a young age and getting negative attitudes about their
bodies.
10..11 year olds dont seem to understand that those people dont reali look like that.. Soo they
think the way they look isnt good enough and not understanding that theyre bodys are changing and no
one is ever going to look like the people in the magazines..because their false images...feeding
young children bad impressions
And its sad really. |
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Fashion magazines are for stupid people who are too stupid to think for themselves and have to rely
on some collection of fire-place worthy paper. And, adding on to that, fashion magazines present the
stupidest ideas for the stupidest of reasons.
My point: They're stupid. |
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I completely agree its hard to try and eat and look at those girls at the same time that's one of
the reasons i believe anorexia has gone up I can honestly say i have battled some eating issues and
see those size -5 girls didn't help however I'm not saying there the only reason a lot needs to
change it the self image part of the world |
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Most models and women in magazines are skinny, unless they' re slagging someone off for being one
pound over weight.
It lowers girls self esteem and can make people depressed. The way i avoid it is to not buy them.
Not only are you not faced with it you save money |
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Of course! The magazines and fashion try to make girls and young women think that it's okay to show
lots of skin and be so skinny, it's unhealthy. Showing a lot of skin doesn't look good except when
you're in a bathing suit at the pool or beach, and you can wear a modest one-piece, it's fine!
Also, being super-skinny is not attractive! All of my friends date girls who look normal. They're
not skinny or fat, but they look healthy.
Having a sallow complexion is not attractive. A female needs to have more than just skin and bones
and tiny clothes. She should wear clothes that make her feel good about herself and make her look
good in her opinion. |
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To me, this isn’t even an argument.
The image that fashion mags pitch to readers (especially younger ones) is unconscionable. Not only
are we told we have to be skinny to the point of starvation and never smile, but we must look
androgynous.
I laugh every time I open GQ or Esquire and see those odd, boy-men who are virtually
indistinguishable from the young women with whom they are invariably entwined. No one can convince
me that GQ isn’t for gay men!
No, like it or not, girls, but women have curves for a reason: We need body fat to properly nurse
babies. You will cease menstruating if you fall below a certain weight as your body reverts to its
prepubescent hormonal level. I am certain that the girl-women in magazines cannot bear children.
Also, some models also have their back molars removed to make their cheeks appear more hollow. |
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I agree - but I have to take issue that size zero was created on the catwalk. Some people are
naturally small and thin so you are making these people feel that they are freaks. And showing
"outsize" models on the catwalk wouldn't solve it either as the issue should be are models healthy,
not are they the "right" weight or size. |
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They definitely do. The fashion industry feed an elitist attitude. You know, it's like being at the
hottest club in town, and only a few are getting in. What does that do? It makes everyone want to go
to get in, because if you get in at that club, then you must be the cream of the crop! Well they
created a look and sold it. Now all the young, impressionable girls who have not really formed an
opinion on life and are easily influenced follow along with what they see in a magazine or on TV.
It's sad.
You cannot really blame them so much, because the parents and family should be the buffer against
this and compliment and encourage them, so they have a better self image. The words of the magazines
aren't as powerful when those around you are telling you how beautiful you are all of the time. That
is where the self esteem is built. |
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I agree everyone is brainwashed into believing that you have to luk and be a certain way just to fit
in and be cool. You have to have full lips, small nose, big boobs, and be a size 4. That's wrong
there are plenty of beautiful sexy woman out there who do not fit into hat category, there are more
who don't than who do. |
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It makes girls who way 120-130 to seem like there fat cause there not 100 pounds |
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I agree. This relates to the debate that I started about there being too much pressure to be
attractive. There is far too much focus on fashion, beauty and celebrities and whilst they are
constantly shoved into our face, we will always feel pressured.
We should all have our own image, not the image of a celebrity. There is nothing wrong with being
fashionable, but placing as much focus on it as this is unhealthy. |
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Almost everyday magazines are coming out with different topics on beauty and other health tips.
Generally after reading these magazines women tend to make a lot of changes in their daily routine
and lifestyle. Who does not want good toned figure and a proper health, and to achieve this girls
often follow such routines with which they have never been used to. As a result what happens is they
start acquiring eating disorders and other eating problems. These fashion magazines do come up with
good tips on certain feminine matters and it also encourages women and girls for many things but at
the end of the day not everybody manages to acquire something good and as a resultant they suffer
from a very poor self-image. |
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I really think they do. They engourage younger girls to dress like teen super stars like Britney and
Jamie- Lynn Spears, Nicole Richey, and Vanessa Ann Hudgens. But look at them they are all messed up.
Jamie-Lynn is pregnant at 16. Britney has 2 kids a sewing ex and god knows what else going on with
her. Then there's Nicole who is like balimic and just had a baby and then Vanessa who was caught and
fired (for) sending nude photos to a co-worker. Is that how you want your children to turn out? I
think we need to teach our children to be stronger and more independent than that. |
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Surely it is the responsibility of these magazines to promote fashion as something that is
accessible to all shapes and sizes. If designers would leave their obsessions behind of only
designing for women, who have bodies like men (ie, minus the lumps and bumps), then there might be a
trend towards seeing the fuller figure as attractive, acceptable and just different, which is
Size Zero was not started in the high street, it was started on the cat walk and who rules the roost
in the catwalk world? The designers and their photographers. All of these people along with the
magazines should be ashamed, they have no idea of the influence. Or, if they do, they are not
responsible enough as adults to see that their actions and decisions have implications.
Many young women, who are slender now consider themselves to be too big. This is simply rubbish
that's been created by these magazines. The magazines have a huge influence on young girls and
women and they have to be aware that the girls will buy their magazines whether they show tiny
models or use models with fuller figures.
Again, the fashion industry needs to present and represent women in a more positive light. Since
most designers are still homosexual men, is it something androgynous that they are attracted to?
Perhaps that's a rude question to ask, but it seems that the fashion industry and I include the
magazines in this seem to pump out the same images over time and from time to time, the big girls
get a look in.
Some would argue, that it's aim is to make women feel good about themselves, but that suggests the
route to feeling good is based on how a woman looks on the outside, that self confidence is in the
way we look. I can't help but believe the happier you are inside, the more you glow on the outside,
without help. |
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Although magazines occasionaly make a teen or two feel a little bad about our bodies, most people
jsut look at them for the fashion. And most people know that the photos are photoshopped and fake. |
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I am completely against the situation. I do not think fashion magazines encourage young girls and
women to have a negative self image.
I am one of those magazine readers and I have never felt the pressure to look like the magazine
models. I know they don’t really look like that in real life. Their pictures are photoshopped to
perfection.
Magazines like Seventeen and Cosmo Girl, in my opinion are some of the magazines that help girls to
understand their body changes and how to take care of themselves through all puberty changes.
However, I can most definitely see where teens would be feeling so low on self esteem. The models
look amazing! They have the perfect body, skin and hair. But what they need to know is that no one
is perfect. We all have our bad hair days, zits, bumps and moles. Photoshopping really helps with
the model’s looks:]
All of the girls that have negative self esteem and blame magazines should try and get a quick look
at these famous fashion magazines, Cosmo Girl and Seventeen. They help you learn how to take care of
your body healthily, and how you can have the perfect skin and hair. All those without putting you
on a negative self esteem level. |
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I think that it is the persons choice. The magazine's portray an image of what they think is
beautiful, but you do not necessarily have to read those magazines, and you do not have to be like
those girls. Now a days not all of those girls are size zero either, America Ferrara is one example.
Regardless most girls have an image of themselves in their head positive or negative before they
even pick up that magazine. The contents of those magazine's are meant to suggest how to be more
beautiful, but no where in the magazine does it say if you do not look like this girl, or go out and
buy the same products Jessica Simpson is using that you will be prosecuted. You have a choice, if
you have it in your head that you need to look like that you either have a psychological disorder,
or it is the environment in which you were raised that makes you think that way. |
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Disagree..the woman may be amazed..
But they also be encourage to take the risk of how to be more beautiful,it doesn't mean that they
are encourage to have negative self image.. Besides,not all the pictures of women in magazines are
sexy.. |
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I disagree its the persons choice. |
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You should read 17 magazine. It makes me, a hormonal teen, feel better about myself |
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No! I don't think so! The fashion industry is just doing there job! Just like you. Take for instance
that your a boss and your bossing your employees around and telling them what to do...well that's
your job. You don't think that, that hurts the self image of your employees, especially the shy and
curved ones?? |
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I don't think that they do promote this view in a direct way.
Most fashion magazines are of course out to make money.
Many women buy these magazines out of interest not because they believe the models shown in them
represent the majority of women.
Girls, naturally, like to emulated role models and it's interesting how many comment on the
unsuitability of Kate Moss as a role model. This is in itself encouraging. One young shop assistant
in Top Shop was heard to comment that she thought such people shouldn't be the face of these shops
and her friends agreed.
I think most sensible, intelligent girls take these magazines for what they are - a load of glossy
hype.
The majority of girls can't afford he designer clothes and shoes shown in these magazines are are
looking for some escapism by reading them , as are many of we more mature ladies!
There will always be girls who have poor self images and some will be affected by what they see in
magazines but I think they are the girls who'd have problems anyway. |
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14 Dec 2007 23:44
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