The media is an inevitable and persuasive socializing force. As stated in the article, Gender in the Media, “Young children are particularly vulnerable to media teaching because they lack the critical ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality, to identify persuasive intent, or to understand irony and reality ”. ignore stereotypes." Media contributes to the development of children's skills because most of their knowledge and experience comes from the media. The image of women and girls in the media is shown as performing household chores, sexual objects, and victims of beatings. The girls are also shown as beautiful, thin, rich, happy and confident. We are constantly pressured through television, advertising and magazines about how we should look, behave and dress. I was once one of those girls who was forced to think that I had to look like a model, thin and beautiful, and that makeup was the key to looking beautiful. I suffered from anorexia nervosa for a couple of months until my parents got me the help I needed. There were days when I didn't want to eat so I wouldn't have to gain weight. According to Brittney Valderrama (2015), “Images in the media today project an unrealistic and even dangerous standard of female beauty that can have a powerful influence on how women see themselves.” Women are expected to be attractive and thin, but the media fails to notice the negative effects it causes us. We constantly look around us to see if we measure up to those around us