Girls being conscious of their body image is the medias fault

That is true that the trends change, and because of the way that they are publicised the type of woman that is promoted people will possibly find that type more attractive or appealing. That is an interesting point that you think it is our parents. My parents have always raised myself and my brothers thata to be a normal weight is healthy and more attractive than to be skinny, so we have been bought up thinking and agreeing with that. Off the top of my head I do not know any parents who encourage being thin. The media are those who promote the thin girls, they promote the stick thin models, they promote the stick thin celebrities, and they promote the stick thin sizes, yet this only happens to girls. Males are encouraged to eat healthily and exercise well and the media promotes the healthy men as the attractive ones. Yet the attractive female icons all tend to be thin and they are the idolised ones by the media. Constantly reporting on how to look like them and how beautiful they are. Thank you for your results of your own investigation, that's very interesting. She does tend to take care of herself, but there are plenty of people who take just as much care of themselves, yet are not as striking to look at. I'm not saying all boys, but generally at the schools that I have been at tend to go for or be immediately more attracted t the pretty skinny model like one, because of how simply striking they are. Often these girls are flirty and the general teenage boy enjoys a flirt, especially with this type of girl then leading other onlooking girls to believe this is how boys are attracted to you, this is how to look if you would ever like a male to have an interest in you. I didn't think that they would realise that perhaps this model is superficial underneath. Again I come back to the initial attraction they would have been taken in by the looks and I do not think many boys would turn down a model, initially. I however do not feel that parents are those promoting skinny girls. I think immediately the male population would not be brainwashed overnight into suddenly believing that they are beautiful. However a particular talent of the media is to persuade and make what they want to become loveable and sweet, so I do not doubt that with time they could become beautiful and desirable. With the persuasive ability of the media. The media everywhere promotes healthy eating and exercise but could you tell me honestly that you have never seen a dieting advert on TV, on the computer, on any mobile device? You have never had a pop-up beside your screen saying 'easy weight loss tips and tricks' and things like that? You have never seen weight-watchers adverts promoted by the media? You have never seen models or celebrities that are thin being promoted as somebody beautiful or somebody to idolise? If you have not then I believe that your media is a standalone. Lastly I would like to thank you for such an interesting, intriguing debate. You bought up many things that I did not consider and I have genuinely enjoyed this debate thoroughly, I am sad to see it end! I look forward to your final response and wish you all the best in other debates you take part in. Thank you.