Perception of weight in the meadia.

Spring is coming to the colleges of Portland. The seven-month winter is finally over and students know that new summer clothes are a necessity. The question in people's heads is how they look in those clothes that they are picking out. Does this skirt make me look fat? Would I have more sex appeal if I bought this blouse? It seems as though women and sometimes men are always comparing themselves to the flawless figures that pose for ads that we are constantly exposed to.
After prolonged exposure, it begins to seem normal to compare oneself to the models that grace the pages of magazines, billboards & TV. This is an unfair portrayal of generation X. Expectations to fit this mold of perfection seems to have been put on the shoulders of many young women who are constantly starving themselves in hope of loosing those last five pounds. They feel as though it is their obligation a sexual beings to live up to these images and do so through whatever magical product will keep them...