Valerie Boyer

  Photo Courtesy of Louis Vuitton. Valerie Boyer , a French parliament member from Sarkozy's UMP party, is trying her hardest to make fashion magazines safer products for women. Her proposal: make it illegal to print a photoshopped picture without a disclaimer that notes it as such. Ms. Boyer told the UK's Telegraph that she hopes to "combat the stereotypical image that all women are young and slim...these photos can lead people to believe in a reality that does not actually exist, have a detrimental effect on adolescents. Many people, particularly girls, do not know the difference between the virtual and reality, and can ... Read Full Story

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