If steroids are illegal for athletes, should photoshop be illegal for models?

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i mean come on! lololol XD
 
not just women!

Creole_Flavor · Accepted Answer

Nope not the same, Photo enhancement exist for a reason to enhance photos and cover flaws. Sometimes things go overboard but t the end of the day its just business. As for steroids that is illegal for athletes because you are cheating when competing against other athletes that depend on natural talent and practicing for strength and body building and as for modeling when a model has a portfolio her pictures of her in a natural state and when they go to auditions and casting calls they are not allowed to wear makeup and their hair has to be pinned up or worn straight they don't get gigs based on their Photoshopped pics. Totally different so do some research. If Photoshop did not exist or was banned Photographers would be out of jobs and so will graphic designers like me lose profits for not being able to do photo enhancement. It's not hurting anyone except for women to are insecure and constantly compare themselves to women in magazines instead learning to love and accept themselves. It should motivate them to change if they feel the need to naturally because you can't use Photoshop when you walk out the door.

lanternhill · Accepted Answer

In terms of making people feel bad, I think Photoshop is a terrible idea. However, it's an effective marketing tool and that's why it's allowed - it accomplishes the purpose of advertising. On the other hand, steroids hurt the sport which is based on the idea of fair competition. It's not about individual models competing, it's about selling products.
The idea of falseness/fakeness is there but otherwise they're not really related ideas.

scrappygirl · Accepted Answer

no it shouldn't i dont get why people think that models in magazines actually look real my cousin is 14 and even she knows that what she sees in magazines isn't real so i dont buy the excuse that kids get insecure about it absolutely no one in real life looks like that and if anyone believes they do they are delusional and stupid

Theguyoverthere · Accepted Answer

Honestly, even without photos in a modeling competition people do things to "gain an edge." For example, in a bikini contest many girls use synthol for their butts. It's not a steroid, but it is an alteration technically. Some can say "it's just oil" another can consider is crossing the line. It'd like like making breast implants illegal I guess you can say.

Photoshops would also be hard to be made illegal because those things are mainly just advertisements for things like clothes and stuff. There's really no case for it.

You also have people who say "Its my body I can do what I want" to an extreme.

JackKerouac77 · Accepted Answer

Hilarious and good question. Hence why I don't read magazine ads, ever.

Eugene · Answer

Sportsmen perform for results that you can actually measure. Like time, distance, height, score etc. This is why steroids/doping give them an unfair advantage over the possible limits of human body. You must work hard in order to perform better than the rest. Basically anyone can be a champion, it just takes years of determination, training and practice.

While you can't really measure models (everyone person has his own taste), they are out there just as an eye candy object, nothing more. It takes no skill, no hard performance, nothing. As long as you're somewhat pretty, you know the right people and you're okay to sleep and suck your way through, you're good to go.

So tuning them in photoshop just to make them look better cannot be compared to use of steroids/doping in sports.

TadCurious · Answer

I actually think the realistic (real) photos are better, because they look like how real girls look in real life. (I just used "real" too many times in one sentence.) And to me, "real" looks hotter. Because it's real. I think that's 6 times I used "real."

LokiOfEngland · Answer

Steroids are illegal not just because it gives athletes an unfair advantage but because they can cause you health problems. Look at all the famous wrestlers from the 1980s who took steroids. So many died quite young because of heart problems caused by steroid use.

Photoshop may be misleading but it's not hurting anyone.

bubble_tea · Answer

It depends on the ads.. making the models wear fake eyelashes and photoshop them to the extreme to sell your mascara should be illegal.

I haven't bought a mag in years. I thought they do need to state now that the pics have been digitally altered.. but I guess most people just don't know by 'how much'.

TripleAce · Answer

Well it's very different. Sports are for titles, money and athletic challenges. Having a levelled playing field is very important.

Magazines are made to look good. It's marketing and advertising. They must appeal to the audience. Why does a Big Mac always look so delish in pictures vs when you actually buy it. Because there going to put pictures that set the standard

Tokana · Answer

There has never been a study published that support the claim that moderate steroid use is detrimental to ones health. Its steroid abuse that's the problem, but the same could be said about alcohol abuse and much more deadly tobacco use.

Photoshop shouldn't be illegal because its simply changing the way a picture looks and has no effect on humans.

MaiNameIsSunshine · Answer

Yes photo shop should be banned, the portrayal of beauty in media is very horrific, it just leads people to have an idea of idealization that is impossible to achieve leaving people to have self-image issues.

Anonymous · Answer

It shouldn't be illegal because not everyone has that perfect body and if it's a marketing campaign would you rather them be anorexic or have some fat like a normal being... And I part time model to get myself through business school but I'm not a skinny stick and I don't mind if they change it

sovetskii13 · Answer

Hmmm... you make a good point. Well, we all know pictures in magazines and other places that have models are all fake but we don't always know if sportsmen are all on steroids. This will take some long-term thinking.

rthomas43 · Answer

No, if people are too dumb to realize everything in magazines is fake, then they deserve to be insecure.

aamy811 · Answer

I think Photoshop should be illegal period. I think it gives unapproachable standards. Once girls (I'm using girls because I'm a girl and can relate) learn that stretch marks, scars and belly pooches are normal they'll stop killing themselves

Anonymous · Answer

What is it with women and this stuff? Society is all about striving for perfection and this is no different. There's nothing wrong with that. It only hurts YOU if you let it. Just ignore it if it bothers you.

Men are idealized and and objectified just as much as women but you don't hear them constantly complaining about it.

Alej27 · Answer

Haha amazing question! They cheat and that should be noted or informed at least... it gets people to think that's the norm

JustinCaseUDontKnow · Answer

Nope cause females aren't abusing steroids to make their bodies look better now they could be over doing it with botox injections

electromagnetic · Answer

Photoshop will never be illegal br aide IT doesn't exactly cause bodily harm. Just destroys confidence. But I get what you mean.

sonia1013201 · Answer

No, coz photoshop saves makeup money. Like steroid Photoshop doesn't effect health of the models. So, very funny question u have asked

chrisbigman · Answer

Yeah, I would say it should be illegal. After all, flaws are sexy.

Anonymous · Answer

You picked out really bad examples. Almost all of those pictures were only so people could see what photoshop can do, not to be actually put on magazines and shit. Not all of them are even real models.

But yes. I think photoshop should be banned.

rawr156 · Answer

Ok, the pictures you chose are not very good example, none of those would ever be published in an actual magazine

thewanderingme · Answer

yes. yes, of course it should be. that makes perfect sense. 0. O

Ihav2fart · Answer

Y'know I don't even care anymore. I don't hate on steroids users, I've seen steroid users fail just as much as non-steroid users.!

Anonymous · Answer

Why is mary jane legal in Colorado and couple other states, yet, collegiate, high school and professional sports players get fined/penalized for using it in those states?

kep79 · Answer

it doesn't damage the models' health but it damages the health of the girls that watch the photos

notverycreativeguy · Answer

Sure, but make up should be illegal for all people who are supposed to look decent.

smackforthepriest · Answer

Wow you just blew my mind.

Klaatu51 · Answer

because photoshop... won't harm your health :-P

Marstalk · Answer

I think neither should be illegal.

kangy · Answer

it is not apple and apple comparison so B

Iron_Man · Answer

lol sure why not

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