The experimenters want to examine the relationship between self-esteem and attractiveness; More importantly, how the media image of what is attractive affects a person's self-esteem and worth. The experimenters want to conduct a Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSE) as a pre-test for all adult participants. Once the pretest is finished, participants will be exposed to 50 images of very attractive people for a duration of approximately 20-30 seconds. Once participants have cast all the images, they will be given the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) again to see if the scores have changed. The experimenters predict that the pre-test and post-test will have different scores to demonstrate that images of attractiveness provided by the media can have a negative impact on someone's self-esteem and personal worth. How quickly an effect, even for a short period of time for each image, affects our self-esteem and adult mood. The second group is a controlled group that will be administered the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) both before and after the test. However, their photos will depict average looking people in the same amount of time as group one of 50 photos in 20-30 seconds. The Effects of Attractiveness and Media on Self-Esteem Being attractive has always played a huge role in mate selection in all animals, especially humans. When it comes to mate selection and attractiveness, power and dominance are an important part of that selection. However, physical might and dominance are only a small part of a much larger selection of human companions. Society may play the most important role in attractiveness (Puts, 2010). In the Victorian era, attractiveness was defined as someone who had very pale skin and was overweight. The reasoning behind these physical traits was stat… middle of paper… The researcher hopes to find that both Group One and Group Two have approximately the same baseline measurement of their self-esteem. Once the experiment is over, Group One, the attractive images of men and women, will have a much lower self-esteem score on the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) than Group Two, the average to average images of men. and women. This may show that a relationship between self-esteem and personal worth can be influenced by media images of what is considered attractive and what is not considered attractive. The researcher would also be interested in seeing whether Group Two's self-esteem increased after being exposed to the less attractive images. This would allow us to better understand the relationship between attractiveness and competitiveness. As well as the relationship between media affects and self-esteem and self-worth.