The main idea of Dave Barry's essay is the media puts too much emphasis on beauty. Women are lead to believe that they need to look like something that is not physically impossible, because we're not all born to be super models. I agree with the points Barry is trying to get across. I remember grew up playing with my Barbie doll and it being made physically out of proportion. It distorted my self image …showed first 75 words of 857 total…

…showed last 75 words of 857 total…points on beauty and how women worry about their looks and men do not. A woman is always going to be judged on her physical beauty because the media has a effect women. They believe they have to look a certain way to be happy with their selves. Works Cited: Barry, Dave. "The Ugly Truth About Beauty." The Longman Reader. 7th ed. Ed. Judith Nadell, John Langan, and Eliza A. Comodromos. New York. Pearson, 2005. 368-70