2. What affect do these ideals have on people in the U.S.?

At a younger age each year kids are beginning to not only learn the difference between skinny and fat, but also that fat is not fine, especially in the United States. The way we are supposed to look is being engraved into our brains everyday through TV commercials, magazine ads, billboards, radio commercials, and internet ads. The people running these ads and commercials only care about selling products, they don’t realize, care, or are being ignorant to the fact that they’re drilling into teenagers, kids, and even adults every hour of the day that they don’t fit the part, they’re not skinny enough, beautiful enough, etc. This leads to dyed hair, plastic surgeries, eating disorders, and even suicides. When striving for perfection one doesn’t just break a sweat, there’s consequences one must face, mental and physical pain, because even if one is capable of reaching such high standards they’re not happy, they have hidden scars and bruises, and always the idea of not being good enough carved into their brains.