Since the advent of the modern television, there have been many negative implications as a result of its influence, one of the worst being the stereotype that women have to be “thin” in order to be beautiful. If we look back in history, most cultures viewed a little extra weight as a sign of health, fertility, and beauty. But within the last century, our views on women’s weight have shifted drastically like discussed with the Fijian women in the column titled “The Culture of Thin Bites Fiji,”(502-503) by Ellen Goodman from the textbook “Everything’s an Argument.” She makes a casual, yet strong argument using Pathos, Lagos, Ethos, and a scientific study to cause us to examine the women of the small island of Fiji as an example of a larger problem in our society. The stereotype that women have to be thin to be “beautiful” radiates from our televisions. Growing up in this age of constant subliminal image bombardment from all sources of the media, I rarely sat to ponder how serious its influence is on women of all ages, young and old. I have just grown to be use to the women around me talking about dieting and staying thin, without deconstructing the causes and reasons behind it, along with television’s influence on their body image perception. It has not only managed to affect our western society, but has had further reaching affects than I ever realized before as described in Goodman’s column. For Fijian women, bigger has always been better. Before the arrival of the television on the island of Fiji, women would greet each other by saying “You look wonderful! You’ve put on weight!”(502) Goodman does a good job by using this statement in her introductory paragraphs to give an idea of just how intertwined the view of bigger is better was within their culture. The women actually worried about losing weight. It was a huge part of their society, and a very important one to say the least. They went as far as to say “Going thin was considered to be a sign of some sort of social problem, a worrisome indication the person wasn’t g