this is quite interesting and i think it does have some effect on girls. i don’t care much for fashion, i am more interested in being smart and healthy, but this article makes me wonder:

http://www.newsweek.com/cinderella-ate-my-daughter-are-princesses-bad-girls-self-esteem-67023

also i like meghan trainor’s lyrics in “all about that bass” because she demonstrates her confidence about herself in these lyrics “I see the magazines, working the photoshop, we know that’s not real, make it stop. if you got beauty, beauty every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top. i won’t be no stick figure or silicone barbie doll, if that’s what you’re into go ahead and move along.” i agree that sometimes girls are told to be pretty so guys will like them, but what about the athletic and smart ones, what does it matter if you are pretty on the outside? what matters in life is what you accomplish and learn and use, not what fades away.