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The purpose of this study is to further explore and examine the influences of mass media on male’s and female’s personal satisfaction and the awareness and internalization of societal pressures regarding appearance. For a number years evidence surrou ....

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.... & Thompson,1997). Every culture has standards of beauty. Through the ages and around the world,people have evaluated the appearance of themselves and others. A person’s is his or her concept of their physical appearance. The mental representation which may be realistic or unrealistic, is constructed from self-observation, the reactions of others, and a complex interaction of attitudes, emotions, memories, fantasies, and experiences, both conscious and unconscious. A pleasing appearance has often been associated with higher status, better opportunities to attract a mate and other positive qualities. We live in a society that thrives o ....