Photoshop

Photoshopped pictures can greatly hurt young girls.  Young girls may not realize that the pictures they see on tv, in movies, magazines, billboards, and pictures may be altered.  They see the pictures of celebrities that everyone loves, and thinks that that is how they actually look.  This hurts girls because they realize that they do not look as good as a model who is photoshopped, and begin to hate their bodies.

 

This picture has been altered to make her look skinnier than she already was.  The changes also fixed the wrinkles in her outfit to make it appear to fit her better, which I feel is acceptable.  But she was already skinny enough, she did not need to be made to appear even smaller.

This picture of Megan Fox has been altered to make her skin darker, and it has gotten rid of her pimples.  Personally, I feel that it is okay to rid pictures of skin blemishes, but it does cause young girls to think that not everyone gets pimples, and that there may be something wrong with them.  If blemishes were not hidden so greatly in the media, young girls may feel a lot better about themselves.

This picture has been changed a lot to make the model's legs skinnier, even though they were already perfect, and her back was made to be straighter.  Her cheek bone structure was changed, and so was her skin tone.

Alteration of pictures is not illegal, and shouldn't be taken away from the media.  It is their own content, and they can do with it as they please.  But changing the images of women changes the public's opinion of how women should look, and this can hurt young girls.