Blog 6

**Today we discussed how popular culture media might be making us smarter, stupider, nicer, meaner, healthier, unhealthier, gentler, and more aggressive.  In your blog post, address which of these changes to human behavior you believe to be the strongest in modern society as a result of popular culture media.  Make sure you explain your answer and include examples.

- I think that all of these can come out of popular culture.  The one that sticks out the most to me is healthier and unhealthier.  You see all these famous women who are thin, toned, and beautiful, but they have personal trainers, and dieticians that they can afford to pay.  A lot of women see these stars and think that they have to be skinny for men to want them or to be accepted in society.  They can't always afford the trainers or dieticians they need so they begin to starve themselves.  This is very unhealthy and can lead to death.  I just read an article today about a woman who got down to 82 pounds because she wanted to be beautiful and thin like all of the stars.  Starvation and bulemia is not the way to go, but it seems to be a big problem in America right now.