How does the media portrays women?

Some studies have suggested that the media's portrayal of the "ideal body" for women has had a big impact on the increase in women's body dissatisfaction. Research also proposes that this media exposure is linked to the increasing occurrence of eating disorders and body image disturbances.
We do know that the media and other psychology solely cause eating disorders. Emotional, and developmental factors play a big role. It does not appear necessary, however, to investigate the effect the media has on women and eating disorders. Past research has emphasized the way media images affect people’s abilities to accurately estimate their own body size.A recent study conducted by Florida State University and published by theInternational Journal of Eating Disorders found that a group of women, who were asked to browse Facebook for 20 minutes, experienced greater body dissatisfaction than those who spent 20 minutes researching rainforest cats online.

Claire Mysko, an award-winning author and an internationally recognised expert on body image, leadership and media literacy, thinks they may have a point. “While social media is not the cause of low self-esteem, it has all the right elements to contribute to it,” she says. “Social media creates an environment where disordered thoughts and behaviours really thrive.”
For girls who have a tendency towards perfection, anxiety and disordered eating, they may see images of thinness as advertising the recipe for happiness, and validation online can falsely fill the need for acceptance. “There is this feeling of wanting to be accepted,” explains Mysko. “It is a universal feeling, but when you get in the space of being on social media, a lot of it is based on feedback and the idea of collecting ‘likes’. This can serve as a catalyst for more insecurity.”
 The conclusions have been that eating disorder patients and women showing high body dissatisfaction tend to overestimate their body size after viewing thin female models. These findings show that certain women are affected by exposure to the media's ideal women, but it has not explained why only some women are affected.