Beautiful Facade

In today's society, countless young girls and women have looked at a commercial, a billboard, or a magazine. They've seen a picture of a beautiful person, with straight, even white teeth, a slim and toned body, and a smile that says "I have everything". Every single one of those women has then compared themselves to the image and felt their stomachs turn uncomfortably as they realize how much better the other person looks.
What most of those women don't realize is that that person is an illusion.
Welcome to the media world, where the women are fabulous and the men are gorgeous...or so we think. In reality, those images are nothing more than airbrushed farces, made so that the women who aren't as comfortable with their bodies are desperate to purchase a product that, apparently, these beautiful people have used. In this twisted game, both genders are made to feel as though they could be 'better', 'beautiful'. Why do men and women fall into this vicious cycle?
Because the media knows their play too well.
The target of this kind of media is to prey on people's insecurities and make them feel as though they need to get these life-altering products. Because of the media's knowledge of people, they become the puppet-masters, easily able to make us perform to their liking.
The sad thing is, so many fall into this trap. This is precisely the reason why women become bulimics and men cripple their bodies. They want to attain that 'perfect' figure they've seen so often on television or billboards.
Something has to be done! This malevolent game must be stopped, otherwise self-confidence in men and women will diminish, growing smaller and smaller, until it simply doesn't exist, and we are forced to watch as the 'beautiful' people stomp all over us.