Sexualized images are often seen in magazines, billboards, and tv advertisements.  They can be designed to encourage men and wome n to buy a product with the promise that they will look as good as the models in these images do.  They can also be designed to convince men and women that they will attract others who look like the models in these advertisements.  These images can definitely impact how other men and women are perceived as many of us will constantly compare ourselves to and try to achieve the appearance of the models in these advertisements.  The fact that many of these images are photoshopped to achieve an even more unrealistic ideal of beauty does do much to remove the pressure to look like these models.