In recent years, sociologists, psychologists and medical experts have looked at length at the growing problem of body image. This literature review examines the sociological impact of media-induced body image on women, particularly women under the age of 18. Although most individuals scoff at ideal body image, most agree that today's pop culture inherently harms young people by depicting false, unhealthy images and habits. The article compares the media-induced ideal body image with the significant role models of today's youth and historical pop culture icons while exploring various sociological perspectives around this issue. Society and Body Image If you love money and things - if they are where you tap into the true meaning of life - then you will never have enough of them. Never feel like you have enough. It's the truth. Worship your own body, your beauty and your sexual attractiveness and you will always feel ugly, and when time and age start to show, you will die a million deaths before they finally fail you. On some level, we all already know this stuff: it has been codified into myths, proverbs, clichés, bromides, parables: the skeleton of every great story. (Foster, 2005) Body image is the perception, both thoughts and feelings, regarding an individual's physical appearance. Research has suggested that exposure to an ideal standard of what it means to be beautiful is the standard to which the media exposes a woman. The results of an idea of ​​feminine beauty can be disastrous for women, leading to depression and an unrealistic body image. According to Posavac & Posavac in the article entitled Reducing the impact of media images on women at risk of body image disturbance: three targeted interventions...... middle of article ......inberg , LJ and Thompson, JK (1995, April 14). Guilford Press body image and television images of thinness and attractiveness: A controlled laboratory investigation. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 325-338. Posavac, HD, Posavac, SS and Weigel, RG (2001, March 20). Reducing the impact of media images on women at risk of body image disturbance: three targeted interventions. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, pp. 324-340.Serdar, K.L. (2005). Westminster College: Westminster College: Myriad. Retrieved from Westminster College: http://westminstercollege.eduWallace, DF (May 21, 2005). It's water. (DF Wallace, interpreter) Kenyon College Commencement Address 2005, Gambier, OH, United States of America.Wolf, E. (2000). The Plosin.Com beat begins. Taken from plosin.com: http://www.plosin.com/beatbegins/projects/wol.html