@SNEAKERS: Country Time lemonade mix straight into a huge bottle of vodka.

@Moretta: I just choked while laughing.

What if I drink vodka mixed with Vitamin Water?

@diamonddnice: That reads more like nobody wants an intelligent woman.

@robelirobban: Unless you were raised in a bubble or bomb shelter, it is impossible for there to have been no media influence on your opinion of beauty. It is part of basic socialization. Even what you define as different from the norm is part of the norm.

@Batousi: It is impossible for parents to prevent kids from media influence. It is part of socialization. I do think parents should actively point out that the images are unrealistic but it is impossible to block their childrens exposure to these images.

@cyphermagnum: If you can not see how bringing up an argument that says pretty much "and the photoshopping hurts men too!" is dissmissive of the original subject of this article, I can not help you and your apology is not really an apology.

@diamonddnice: Yes, young women and little girls are responsible for the photoshopping horrors that exist in ads that exist everywhere and not exclusively in women's magazines.

@DramaClub: Well two if you believe the Kinsey report at 10% of the population is gay.

@Flackette Goes Retro: True. My grandmother was told that going through labor and pregnancy took the same toll on the body as massive surgery.

@cyphermagnum: Sometimes there are subjects where the male opinion is irrelevent.

Maybe there should be a flow chart to decide if something is body snark.

@klyph: If you believe what you see on TV, the US' Girl Scouts seem to spend all their time selling cookies door-to-door, but over in the UK the Girl Guide Association is concerned with far-weightier goals: changing Photoshop's future in media.

@klyph: To tell your personal story of how you aren't attracted to the status quo and relate it to a serious issue of body image and anorexia with young women is pretty close-minded.

@wesfx: [gizmodo.com]

@klyph: Also, our statements have nothing to do with gender.

@klyph: It is simply denial to say the media has no influence on opinions about beauty.

@klyph: It is funny that someone can pretend that media images of beauty have had no influence on their own opinions of beauty.

@Steven Callas: I don't know if you noticed but this is a cross-post. Using the phrases "came over" and "over here" really do not apply.

Everyone talking about how their own personal opinion or decision about what is attractive is not changed by photoshopped images, you have missed the point.