How does the media effect girls?

So we've all heard of eating disorders and anxiety. And we all probably have at least one friend who is suffering through either an eating disorder or a negative body image. This person could even be you. Personally I have been through both, and am still struggling through, but after I found an article on How Women Internalize Unrealistic Beauty Standards, I didn't realize just how skewed my views were. It is true that men/boys are also struggling with the unrealistic standards, but it just doesn't seem to bother them quite as much as it does girls. There are definitely guys out there who feel this way as well, but it seems to effect women/girls much more. According to this article, 20% of 9-year-olds and 40% of 14-year-olds want to lose weight, and most of them are within the normal weight for their age range. If this is effecting 9-year-olds, imagine how grown women who have grown up feeling insufficient feel inside. One of the things the media teaches us is to hide how we feel about ourselves, to keep our problems inside and try to nab the hotshot with the nice car and lots of money. And so what if he beats us, as long as he says he loves us, we'll be okay. Our insecurities are what drives us to stay in this mindset, and men (not all by any means) know this and some abuse it, while others try and make us see what we really are. BEAUTIFUL. Every single person on this earth is beautiful. No matter what society's standards are, someone will always find you to be the most magnificent creature they've ever laid their eyes upon. Don't forget that, because if you do, that's when the media gets to sink their claws in and rip away every part of you until you're skin and bones.
I always say how much I love art, media, everything creative, but something's are not art. They can be cruel and deceiving monsters, and that would be our mainstream media for you. They will do everything they can to make you watch and obsess over whatever they have in store for you next. It's not hard to do, we are all susceptible to it, and their deceptiveness is so discrete that we don't even question them.
Basically all I'm trying to say is, keep your head up beautiful, and yeah the world we live in today is a harsh place, but if you look hard enough, you'll find what I have. The beauty of Real heART.
Until I write again
Au revior,
~Rayne