well..the media's nothing more than just another bu$$iness...& they do a LOT of research to find out how the most amount of money can be drained from the public - & so far, flooding youths w/images of body sizes that are ANYTHING but average, seems to be working...cause, since most girls don't look like what the see on the front of YM, they're gonna be spending money to get as close as possible to it, if you see an image enough, whether you want to or not, you begin think of that as the standard, and start to compare yourself to it...the insecure are affected by this the most, cause they're the least happiest w/themselves to begin with