Abstract My presentation is about how different forms of media portraying perfect, thin women (the “thin ideal”) in today’s society affect the self-esteems of women. Primarily, my research has come to show that media with unrealistically beautiful women has negative impacts on the self-esteems of women due to self-comparison, and this self-comparison is typically subliminal. … Continue reading “The Effects of Attractive Models in Media on the Self-Esteem of Women” by Abby Sherwood