| Glossy magazines are the guilty - or not so guilty - | | | | The continued use of skinny models and air brushed |
| pleasure of hundreds of thousands of women. And, | | | | celebrities means that the women you look at in |
| offering a few hours of easy and interesting | | | | magazines are quite often not even real women - let |
| entertainment, it's hardly surprising that we keep | | | | alone representative of the average woman on the |
| buying and enjoying them. The shelves of | | | | street. |
| newsagents and supermarkets are bursting with | | | | This means that it's very important for readers to be |
| everything from high-fashion mags to gossip rags or | | | | aware of the fact that the pictures they are seeing |
| cookery titles in an aim to quench the thirst for the | | | | of beautifully made up and slim models aren't likely to |
| beauty-tips, healthy eating plans, celebrity news and | | | | be easy for them to achieve in their own lives. This |
| fun stories that make up the typical woman's | | | | becomes an even more crucial idea to reinforce |
| magazine. | | | | when the readers are young. Many pre-teens and |
| While there are hundreds of different titles, with | | | | girls are keen to move on to reading magazines |
| some of them very genre specific, there are certain | | | | aimed at older audiences when they are really too |
| trends that can be easily identified within the genre | | | | young for the content. However, because things |
| of 'women's mags'. For example, many magazines are | | | | such as fashion magazines don't tend to feature |
| devoted to helping woman make the best of | | | | explicit images, they can easily be sold to youngsters |
| themselves - from offering diet and health advice to | | | | without a second thought. |
| fashion guides for people of all shapes and sizes. | | | | So, not only should you remember to vet magazines |
| However, it's important to make sure you remember | | | | for information that could damage your own self |
| that while these magazines provide great | | | | esteem, you should be especially conscious of making |
| entertainment and some interesting tips and tricks, | | | | sure no negative feelings are passed on to your |
| there are times when you're better trusting your | | | | younger contemporaries. |
| own judgement. | | | | Luckily, the trend for using unrealistic ideal of beauty |
| In recent years, there has been a definite and | | | | in fashion shoots and magazines has suffered from a |
| growing feeling that the types of beauty shown in | | | | huge backlash in recent years, and could be on the |
| magazines has a direct affect on the way women | | | | decrease - meaning it'll be easier for you to enjoy all |
| feel about themselves, and sometimes it can be | | | | the positive beauty tips, fashion advice and |
| more self-image damaging than confidence boosting. | | | | entertaining stories these magazines can provide. |
