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Effects on society Studies have found that 11% of girls worldwide would consider themselves beautiful, and only six in ten women avoid participating in life activities based on how they perceive themselves. Studies have also proven that media is directly correlated with the mental wellbeing of young women. Jess Wiener, an expert for the Dove Self-Esteem Project, explains that "viewing unrealistic and unachievable beauty images creates an unattainable goal which leads to feelings of failure. This is especially true of young girls who have grown up in a world of filters and airbrushing."

Criticisms of the media (Advertising)  American Apparel, founded in 1989 in Los Angeles, California was a massive fashion site that sold basic pieces. American Apparel's main marketing strategy was normalizing the objectification of women. The company would regularly feature nude young women, emphasizing their buttocks and breasts. Following that, the founder of the company, Dov Charney, was in the spotlight for controversial situations that he was involved in. More specifically, being accused of keeping videos on a company server of him sexually exploiting female models and employees.

Harmful stereotypes Girls and women are heavily represented in the media. Unfortunately, this has been a reality as early as the 1980s, where women were portrayed as significantly skinnier and younger than the everyday woman. Women were portrayed as being passive, dependent on men, and housewives. However, this is not the only way that media has harmfully portrayed women. They have also created two types of women: the bad ones, and the good ones. Good women tend to be women that focused on their family life, taking care of the husband and others, and those who are loyal. On the other hand, bad women were the ones that did the opposite--those that are hard, cold, or aggressive.

Pornography On the Internet, there is a widespread practice of female exploitation. This ranges from: trafficking, prostitution, mail-order-bride trade, pornography, rape, and sexual harassment. This type of sexual exploitation thrives on the stereotypes that women are weak and mainly preys on young children or women that are poverty-stricken, refugees, or women that are migrating. Pornography is predominately revolved around what men want sexually. This is why there are countless videos online of acts of women being raped, sexually harassed, and prostituted. In pornography, women tend to want to be violated and possessed, and men want to violate and possess these women. This represents the inequality of the gender hierarchy, where females are seen as sub-human in comparison to men.

Women of color Black women are consistently being portrayed in media as various stereotypes. This includes: "angry Black woman," and "sassy Black woman," or even a "hypersexual Jezebel". Stereotypically, the black woman's caricature is a sassy, bubble-gum chewing, twerking woman. This is portrayed in different music videos by large artists, such as in Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" and Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off". Ultimately, this becomes a problem because black women are seen as hypersexualized.