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Inquiry Question 2

Growing up, I was surrounded by friends always commenting on their body image. As I got older, I started to question where these thoughts derived from. Where is there a sign saying that this is the perfect body image and that everyone should strive to be there. I have researched this topic and I have found some interesting things. I think that skewed body image starts with the media. There are many words in there that make young girls mind think that they have to look and even act in a certain way. 

http://www.nursingcenter.com/prodev/ce_article.asp?tid=1024096

This was an article I found on girls body image and how the media can skew it. It also explains what a normal teenage girl should look like and by either trying to fit the perfect body image they are depleting their health.

This article  below also talks about the negative side affect that photoshop can do. It demonstrates that photoshop can be used to completely and massively retouch the entire system.

http://www.squidoo.com/photoshop-retouch

This picture shows how bad that retouching can be.

Inquiry Question

My inquiry question is, how the negative media, such as magazines, tv and internet has skewed girls perspectives on their own bodies.