About Faking It

Do you read women’s lifestyle magazines? Know someone who does? Have you thought about how magazines might affect you when you read them? While millions of women around the world seem to lap up the magazines’ mix of fashion, sex, relationship advice and product promotion, Faking It takes a more cautious and critical view.

Faking It, Women's Forum Australia’s groundbreaking and innovative research paper, reflects the body of academic research on magazines, mass media, and the sexual objectification of women.

Faking It addresses issues affecting young women such as:

• Stereotyping and the ’Idealised’ Female Body
• Body Image Dissatisfaction
• Digital Enhancement and Airbrushing
• The Beauty/Fashion Industry
• Eating Disorders
• Fad Diets
• Excessive Exercise
• Low Self-esteem
• Depression and Anxiety Caused by Unrealistic Media Messages
• The Destructive Game of ’Compare and Despair’
• Healthy Relationships

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