men and women's image issues

Are women affected my media resulting in body & image issues more than men?
I agree with parts of either side of the argument. The first section (Martin & Gentry) focused on adolescents being affected and influenced by media standards and images. But Cottle moved on to discuss Men & Women's magazines. The discussion cannot be one in the same. pre-pubescent teens and the effects that media images have on their mental image of what they 'should' be and their self-esteem, cannot be looked at next to the effects that Adult, Cosmopolitan type magazines have on, well, ADULTS. Cottle puts on a great argument with plenty of examples, citing specific ads, articles and products that cause men to be as involved with image issue as women notoriously are, but Cottle argument is based on a mature audience that 1) has the spending power to direct money into much more drastic and consistent procedures and products. and 2) has an fully grown/mature body that they are altering. Martin & Gentry are discussing image issues of teens and tweens that don't have an income to spend (although, let us not neglect those fortunate little ones that have trust funds and mommy & daddy's checkbook to write from). Cottle also uses the gay [very image conscious] population as an example of being prime targets for image altering feeding. Also, when you examine the reasons behind Cottle's population's image altering and insecurities, you must realize that sexual drive is a real force behind these image obsessions. Even though teens do have the capacity to urge and become sexually active, there is not nearly as much drive behind their image issues. I know I focused primarily on this one article but it is because i really feel that there was such a gap in subjects examined on either side of it and wanted to make sure that it was pointed out.