The French MP Valérie Boyer wants a quality mark on photos on which the models have been photoshopped. This is because it would make young girls very insecure about their appearance.
They want to be as thin as the model they see in the photo. It is suspected that this has increased the number of anorexia cases † A seal of approval should make girls see that it's not the reality they see, but an edited version of it.
CDA MP Sabine Uitslag has said that she also has such a quality mark in the Netherlands would like to enter. A number of websites placed a poll online asking visitors if they thought this was a good idea. More than half of the voters said 'yes'.
When asked whether the thinned models made them insecure, more than three quarters answered in the affirmative .
