we are losing our ability to Decide
... We are losing our ability to decide what we should look like because media sources and advertisements expose, convince and promote the ‘ideal’ physical appearance. ... They decide what content goes into print or TV and in turn choose what to omit or neglect. ... Society has begun to embrace this ‘perfect body image’ as the norm, and in turn we as society are losing our ability to choose what we think we should look like because we no longer need to think for ourselves. ... To fight this standardized look and the media, as well as the ever growing consumer market place is to fight a losing battle.