Real Health

In the women's press, the edited photos using the software are common. Problem: According to Valerie Boyer, UMP deputy of the Bouches-du-Rhone, these fake photographs offer a surreal vision of the woman and may have a negative impact on those most vulnerable, especially teenagers. She filed a bill for the words "photo retouched" is systematically applied to the plate later reworkeded.

Photo of Madonna for the Louis Vuitton campaign

Even if we are all aware that the picture magazines are retouched, we all wanted one days have the same figure, the same skin or hair the same as those dummies lying on glossy paper. These photos are selling the dream. Mais attention, they can dive some life into a nightmare … by promoting eating disorders like anorexia.

Sharon Stone in Paris Match of August 6, 2009
Therefore, the UMP deputy Valérie Boyer will fight against this unrealistic vision of women: "It gives a completely désincarnée of reality … we see the body more thin or even emaciated, very androgynous. While it does not correspond to reality. "It is true that many advertisements use models hermaphrodites, mostly teenagers, make-up and Photoshop transform into a woman the time of a cliché. But this thinness does not reflect not the national reality. "A French two is overweight and 8 million French are consideredsidered to be obese or have significant weight problems, "said the MP.

Sharon Stone in May 2009
This bill is for Valerie Boyer, a way to combat incitement to anorexia. But beyond the form that should take this warning, we may wonder about the real impact of such accuracy "of these photos are fausits "on women anorexic? While these images may contribute to the discomfort of these young girls, are they not a part of their suffering?

For Ms. Boyer, it is a "public health goal" and it provides a fine of 37 500 € to any offender who does not affix around the retouched photo marked "photo retouched to alter the appearance body of a person. " "The billboards or theare photographs on the packaging of a product would be covered, as are photographs of political campaign posters or photographs of art ".

The UMP MP is not the first to denounce these practices. In 2006, the Dove brand has created a buzz with its video showing us how we could transform a dummy …

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Source: Proposed law Valerie Boyeree-nationale.fr/13/propositions/pion1908.asp "target =" _blank "> available online at the site of the National Assembly
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