An article today in the NYT discusses the ethics and suggested legal changes to airbrushing models in magazines. Lawmakers in both Britain and France have proposed that marketers acknowledge when photos are altered through airbrushing and be required to carry disclaimers as do cigarettes. The concern is that girls and women feel they must live up to such unrealistic expectations created by such altering. Read the article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/business/media/28iht-airbrush.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss.
What are your thoughts? Should airbrushed photos contain disclaimers?
