Why do women see themselves as victims is the question that nobody asks in Croatian media space. The majority of women in Croatia does not know that there are different choices when judging from these few served to them daily, neither are they aware of the suggestive manipulation of the pictures and sub-textual messages. In the end they believe they want what magazines tell them they need. Having this in mind it does not surprise when a woman with a master's degree says that she learns about life from a magazine she borrows from her teenage daughter. It's been discussed in work places, over the phone, over coffee.
New gossip is always at hand.
New magazines are born overnight featuring the same contents which contribute to the socially desirable and profitable image of a woman kept in front of the mirror, worrying about her looks, her partners, her health. Worried so much that she will not have time for anything else, like her own life. No time and energy for learning and personal growth, no interest in competition and individual ambitions and certainly no power for anything that would make a difference for her or somebody else. The market is small and many papers and magazines write about the same people, a couple of dozen's names who are constantly interviewed or talked about in regards to their private affairs, usually without taste or any respect for privacy. Regardless of how famous or how interesting at the moment they might be, it would be difficult for those few celebrities to say something new, original or inspiring after several interviews in a month.