What sort of "strong independent woman" is emotionally devastated by rude comments and images in magazines?

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Good point! I'm a strong, independent woman (most of the time, lol) and I could care less about comments and images in magazines. I do have a concern, though, for women (especially teens and tweens) who are not yet strong and independent who may be negatively influenced by such media.

If I had the chance to teach one class to all of the 12-25 year old women in the country, I would teach them about the time it takes to prep a model for a shoot, and then the airbrushing and photoshopping that is applied to the finished photos. Most girls that age think that those models look like that in real life. It would be nice for them to see their "before" shots and to see the unretouched photos. Even the models themselves don't look like they do in the glossy finished product. (Sorry, got off on a tangent...)