In the article, “Pressure to Look More Muscular May Lead Some Men to Consider Steroids.” men concerned about their appearance and wanting to look more muscular coupled with the belief that steroids might help them achieve their goals might be led toward steroid use. Studies also show men being shown images of flawless males may lead them to the feeling of insecurity about their appearance. In the second article, “Powerful Data Proves It: Media Messages Influence Eating Disorders in Women and Girls.” Women are being bombarded with media advertisements concerning their appearances, size, and looks. The “perfect body images” being shown on the media, which took the actors, athletes, and models years to obtain, are leaving women feeling insecure about their appearance. The images we see in the media oftentimes impact viewers in negative ways. Firstly, some women develop symptoms of eating disorders after seeing television shows. In the article “Powerful Data Proves It: Media Messages Influence Eating Disorders in Women and Girls,” the author, Alexander Thornton, writes, “One of the most significant investigations into the effects of television on the body image of young women was conducted in Fiji in 1998, just over three years after television had been introduced into the islands. Up till then, size had never been an issue but the research team, led by the Harvard Medical School Professor Anne E. Becker, found that following the introduction of television (which featured mainly programs from Australia, Britain and the United States) some 15% of girls, whose average age was 17, admitted to deliberately vomiting to control weight....”. In this quote women in Fiji saw television shows for the first time around 1998. [One hit series at the time was Charmed, starring Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, and Brian Krause. The three main staring cast members were very thin and attractive. When women in Fiji saw them, some wanted