I didn't say how much you make. I said how much is spent. If I'm a company trying to sell something and people stop buying it because they don't like my advertising then I'm going to change my advertising. So the people that decide what is acceptable from the companies are the people that spend their money on the products. Or choose to buy elsewhere.

The public that spends the most money.

I just took a business ethics class, and this is an example of one of the many ways businesses go overboard trying to strike up the almighty dollar.

And awareness is the best way... or at least one of the best ways.

What needs to be done in the end is a policy change that forces the corporate machine to tilt in favor of public opinion.

Also, holding these corporations accountable for the root causes of these types of social diseases.

Go for it Ruth34611...

... if interested, my text for the course was:

Title: Business & Society: Stakeholder's, Ethics and Public Policy, 12th Edition
Author: Anne T. Lawrence, and James Weber
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Irwin
ISBN-10: 0-07-353017-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-353017-8

Here is this exact text book on Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Business-Society-Stakeholders-Ethics-Public/dp/0073530174/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229014246&sr=1-1

There are dozens of case studies, lists of activists groups, and a LOT of tools you might like to have inside this text book in bringing your issue to the public eye. Also, seeing it through to the change of public policy and corporate policies.

You might find this at a local library, or I am noticing an 11th edition on there used for under $20.

As to your statements that i should quit complaining about this and do something....

1. Raising awareness about an issue is the first step in doing something about it. And, this post made me realize that there is still a lot of ignorance on the subject.

2. Why do you assume I do not do things about it? i take a very proactive role with my daughters in teaching them, and I do boycott such magazines and regularly write letters editors. It is because of these efforts by many people concerned with this issue that several of the magazines are trying to implement changes.

Yeah a friend of mine has the natural spiral curls. Im jealous although naturally straight has its perks also as it tends to be very healthy and shiny.

First of all, looking for contributing factors and causes for a problem is not the same thing as not taking responsibility for something. And, nowhere in here have I been sarcastic. I brought up an issue that is a concern for me raising two daughters. I'm sorry you can't understand that and prefer to take the "blame the victim" mentality.

We should probably just drop this now and agree to disagree.

Overheard conversation...

Him: If I get really sick or something, I would leave you. I do not want to see the look in your eyes while you're having to take care of me.

Her: What? Don't I get a vote in this?

Thoughts?

Samara, last night you said this:

"yeah.. there has to be someone to blame when people aren't strong enough to make decisions for themselves and have low self esteem and kill themselves worrying about what other people think..."

I don't understand because this morning you are saying it's the parent's job to teach their children about the false images they see in the media. Why would parents need to protect and teach their children about this if it is just a matter of someone who is weak? last night you were saying with your posts that this wasn't a problem. Are you now saying it is a problem?

Me to. I have to stand when I go to the salon for them to trim it. Its about 20 inches down my back. Its bone straight though. I have tried to curl it an to no avail. It will hold that for all of about a half hour.

Personally, I think it's the role of the parent to teach their children what's right and wrong and to instill in them confidence in their appearance and abilities. You can't leave that up to the media or society, nor should you; they're about making money, they don't care what happens to your kid and they don't care what your kid takes away from the images they're presented with. It's about sales and making money. When I was a kid, Madonna was all the rage, and what she did and wore back then was considered risque for the times, but I was never tempted to imitate her. I understood she was a celebrity and I was a regular girl. Also, if I had tried to put on some of the outfits she wore, my parents would have put a quick stop to that.

I'm sure everyone is going to poo poo me and say it's important for girls to have a positive image. Well, I couldn't agree more, what I disagree with is, assuming that the media gives a crap about anything other than numbers. Parents need to be responsible for their kids- let them know those are celebrities; in costumes, in makeup, digitally enhanced, they don't look like regular people, and regular people shouldn't be trying to look like them.

Just my two cents, bash away if you want; most people want to pass their parenting responsibilities over to others, so feel free.

What if you loved someone but, the seX was not all that! What would you do? What is more importaint of the two?

1. Are you a constant talker or more of a listener?

2. Do you allow others to express their mind or do you take over the arena not allowing other thoughts to develop?

3. Do you have alot of temper when you don't agree, or do you remain calm and try to reason?

4. Do you hold a grudge the next day after a argument, or do you forget about it and move on?

I have a webcam, and am all to willing to show anyone at anytime, that I look just like my pics...

when they are unwilling to do the same...

I know they're fake!

A few wks after Christie Brinkly's marital woes were made public, she was on the cover of a magazine that said "This is the face of 53"
I told my daughters, No not quite, this is a face with professional make-up artists, hair stylests, special lighting and photographers. And possibly some retouching/airbrush/photoshopping . This is not the face of a real 53 yr old woman, its fake.