Due to women looking nearly perfect in magazines, most women are feeling the need that they should look just as perfect.
In the article, A move to Curb Digitally Altered Photos in Ads, Mr. Hudson states, "I have never yet seen, and you probably never will see, a fashion or beauty picture that hasn't been retouched." Most women though don't think this way. There is nothing on the ad or picture stating that it has been touched up.
Lawmakers in Britain and France are trying to change this. Under the proposal advertisements would be rated. For example a four would be given to a photo where someone had plastic surgery whereas a one would be given to a photo where they would have changed something as little as the lighting.
"These photos can lead people to believe in realities that, very often, do not exist."
I believe that having a number system on photos could help with the way women feel about themselves. I know that I become very self-conscious about myself after looking through a magazine. If I knew that someone had plastic surgery to look as good as they do in the photo I wouldn't feel so bad about the way that I looked. Mr. Hudson states that, "unfortunately we are living in a retouched world." With this being said I believe something does need to change. It is not fair to us women that we feel we should look as perfect as a digitally touched up photo looks.
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I guess it's different for women. When I look through magazines, usually motorcycle or scuba diving, I am looking at gear, what the models are wearing, the location... Not so much at the model as the product.
On the other hand, I understand that would be completely different with Hollywood stars and other famous people. Then people are looking at what that person is doing, but it is usually a tabloid that makes them look as bad as possible.
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