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Social Media is very popular in todays society and it has had positive and negative effects on women. For the way women are portrayed on social media could lead young females to feel like they have to look a certain way to feel “beautiful”. In a report done by the American Psychological Association (APA)showed that girls are depicted in a sexual manner more often than boys. It stated that you see more women than men dressed in provocative clothing and with sexual postures or facial expressions. A study done by Wesleyan University showed that across 58 different magazines that 51.8% of advertisements that featured women showed them as sex objects. When the same study was applied to men’s magazines the number rose to 76%. Mass media has increased the pressures on younger females to feel beautiful and many of them are trying to look like models on social media and that leads to anxiety, eating disorders, and even depression. According to the Dove Self Esteem Project only 11% of girls worldwide consider themselves beautiful. Six of ten girls avoid social activities because of the way they look. And about 81% of 10 year old girls are afraid of becoming fat.