In the Journal of Social Issues it talks about how how magazines influence teenage girls in a negative way, lying about what an average teenage girl looks like. They make it seem like they have to be tall and skinny. Teenage girls read magazines a lot and these things make them insecure and cause them to stop eating and do things that they shouldn't.
In the Journal of Social Issues it points out the many negative things that the media portrays to teenage girls. Specifically talking about magazines, we read that the 83% of teenage girls read magazines 4.3 hours a week. These magazines that they are reading lie to them, creating unrealistic models, attempting to sell dieting and beauty products to them. The "ideal" teenage girl in the magazines are 5'7", 100 pounds, size 5, with long blond hair and blue eyes. This shape is unrealistic and research shows that a person with this body mass index is very unhealthy and clearly in the anorexic range!!
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