When young girls are constantly subjected to perfect body images and the idea that to be skinny and pretty is the way to happiness, they began to lose confidence in their own body image. A body image is how one sees oneself, and how one perceives others see them. As recently as July 11, A Current Affair presented a program where a young teenage girl insisted she have plastic surgery. Her mother mortgaged the family home to accommodate her daughter's wishes.

The exposure young women have to any type of media whether good or bad can greatly affect their outcome as an adult. The image of women that the media portrays and its idolization of thinness and perfection create an immense pressure to be slim and pretty that can damage young girl's self-esteem, distort their sense of body image, and contribute to disordered eating.

The constant images of...