Accuracy Essay
Introduction
The article “American Eagle’s Anti-Photoshopping Campaign Is Insidious Stuff, too”, by Peggy Drexler is a critical analysis of American Eagle’s strategy to stop photoshopping their models for a supposedly better and a more realistic representation of a “normal looking” person. In her article Drexler stresses, in summary, that the strategy that American Eagle has adopted is not effective in helping women and its only purpose is to make money. The claims that Drexler makes are inaccurate or are not supported by sufficient evidence. Her claims were, first “magazines don’t make women feel about themselves other women do.” Secondly, teens only value the opinions of the girls they know and not the ones they don’t. Lastly, she claimed that companies should continue to airbrush photos and women should know that the photos are not real.
First Claim The first claim made by Drexler in her article “American Eagle’s Anti-Photoshopping Campaign Is Insidious Stuff, too” besides the title was…show more content… The bottom line is that there are not sufficient evidence or at least not that she gave, that supports her claims about American Eagle or body images. It is true that American Eagle sales has gone up since they stop air brushing their photographs, but that still doesn’t support or make any of Drexler’s claims true. It could be that people are buying more of their stuffs because they appreciate American Eagle’s campaign to show more realistic looking people. Either way, body image and distorted body images is a problem that is effecting everyone especially women, as I showed in this essay. The little changes that big companies make to seem more ethical to consumers should not be condemned or criticized, instead we should applauded and commend so that other companies too can do the
