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Article: "Lagos Journal; Globalization of Beauty Makes Slimness Trendy" - By Norimitsu Onishi

This just goes to show how media can really manipulate the female image, or any image for that matter, make it into whatever they want and many people follow it blindly.  Kim Kardashian, Kanye West and many other celebrities are idolized by the general public and even if one says that they do not follow the crowd or assimilate to certain stereotypes they don't realize that they are actually doing so subconsciously.  There have been many times where I have spoken to female individuals who have started hitting the gym to make the glutes bigger or their bodies more toned.  Their response always is, "Oh, I'm not doing this to fit the general standard of the societal perception of beauty and how the media has influenced that portrayal of what my body should look like.  No no, I am doing this for ME."  I confess, have been one of those women.  There is a point in time when you truly convince yourself that you are going to the gym 5 days a week to work out a muscle that you paid no attention to prior to the media's utter obsession with it.