Statistics from a Major Magazine: Vanity Fair

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/03/women-films-out-gross-male-films



From the magazine, Vanity Fair the article "Women-Centric Films Out-Gross Male-Centric Films on Average: Twist!" explained that movies with a leading lady had made more sales then movies with a leading man. They showed this by presenting how much money was made by each movie featuring either a leading actress or leading actor. When compared they found that movies with leading actresses had out-grossed lead actor movies by one third. Of course they dont actually know why movies with leading actresses are getting more money than movies starring men, but it is clear that actresses are doing better by far.

Statistic Blooper

http://world.time.com/2011/05/24/damn-statistics-top-five-false-figures-that-mean-we-get-the-world-wrong/

In the article "Damn Statistics: Top Five False Figures That Mean We Get The World Wrong", in Time magazine and talks about statistics that have been proven wrong and makes a big difference in the world. In the first one, the middle class of India was 300 Million people but it is estimated that it actually may be about 250 million by 2015. It was also said that one in 10 Americans had passports which proved wrong also because actually 37% have passports. These incorrect stats have raised concern and as said by the author, was probably made up to create a reaction.

Stats Video: Ted Talk

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_levitt_on_child_carseats#t-1034844

In this video from Ted Talk, Steven Levitt discusses car seats and the statistics between using car seats as opposed to traditional lap and shoulder seat belts. He ended up taking raw stats from the government websites and did four crash tests with children age 3 to 6 in car seats and traditional seat bets. He found that there wasn't really much of a difference between the seat belts alone and the car seats. He then stated that the reason people didn't believe or accept his idea was because they believed that since car seats were expensive and difficult to use, they must be more effective. Through his research he found that it really wouldn't make a big difference and the only reason people would buy car seats would be the same reason why people would take placebos. They believe it must work because of how it looks or how difficult it is to use and automatically ruled out the simple and cheap alternative even though it may be more effective. 

Academic Article: University of Pennsylvania

http://depressiongenetics.med.upenn.edu/ctsa/user_documents/CrerandFranklin_BDD_2006.pdf



In this article by the University of Pennsylvania, Body Dysmorphic Disorder is discussed. The professors writing this academic journal name that not only is body dysmorphic disorder a psychological disorder and is a very abusive disorder. They write that it is a disorder where one is extremely obsessed with fixing their appearance and turn to cosmetic surgery to fix their flaws. One interesting piece of information they give is that if someone has a family member who has body dysmorphic disorder or any obsessive-compulsive disorder is more likely to have it as well. They also state the average ages of people realizing the dislike of their appearance sets in at about 12 years old for someone with the disorder, give or take 5 years. It is also stressed that this disorder does not discriminate, it will consume not only the young and the old, but also men and women. This article brings in many different sources of information and is very enlightening.

Infographic

http://www.raderprograms.com/health-concerns/infographic-eating-disorders-and-the-media.html

From this Infographic from Rader Programs, this infographic names and shows different statistics about eating disorders and the desire to be thin. This infographic is extremely visual and gives many different examples of why and how women are feeling about their bodies. It visualizes change in body image from the 50's to now and shows the difference between an average women and a model. It also shows changes in sizes and gives stats on how people view themselves and how many advertisements there are targeting body image and attractiveness. As opposed to an essay on this topic, this infographic is much more visual and easy to understand and gets the point across very clearly. 

Huffington Post Article

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/03/eating-disorders-college-campuses_n_4869601.html

In this article in the Huffington Post, stats regarding eating disorders are discussed. According to the Huff Post, "One-in-four college students have a mental health condition that has been increasing since 1950: an eating disorder." They also say that being around others who feel negatively about themselves effects others around them. Also, social media has influenced negative body image. 

NY Times Article

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/07/us/politics/federal-crime-statistics-to-expand-rape-definition.html?action=click&module=Search&region=searchResults&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%5B%22RI%3A5%22%2C%22RI%3A16%22%5D&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fsearch%2Fsitesearch%2F%3Faction%3Dclick%26contentCollection%3Dundefined%26region%3DTopBar%26module%3DSearchSubmit%26pgtype%3DTopic%23%2Fstatistics%2Fsince1851%2Farticles%2F&_r=0

Jerry Sandusky, Notorious Rapist

In the article “U.S. to Expand Its Definition of Rape in Statistics” by Charlie Savage in the New York Times, President Obama recently revised the rape definition which will create a wider categories that will be legally defined as rape. One of the main points of the article was that the rape statistics would go up when the definition is revised to include oral and anal rape. With this change in mind, people are saying that the law would have a bigger percentage of people raped as opposed to when the law defines it as "traditional rape".