"Reflections of Girls in the Media" is a statistical study of female roles. As both girls and boys move from childhood to adolescence, they begin to prepare for future occupational roles. Adolescents look to many different kinds of sources for guidance and they receive messages from a range of media, such as television, movies, magazines, music videos, T.V. commercials, and advertisements. Media has greater influence on girls than boys. There are four major causes and effects that reflect girls in the media. The media offers girls strong and positive role model to show self-reliant, honesty, intelligence, and efficiency to achieve their goals. The media contains stereotypical messages about relationships, priorities, and appearance. Ranges of media do send girls similar messages, both positive and negative, which increase their influence through repetition.

The media often supports girl's stereotypes about appearances and priorities. The media emphasize troubling stereotypes about the...