Body Image Definition

“No one will ever like you, you fat lard.” Everyday a girl tells herself a negative comment and her body. Glamour surveyed 300 women and 97% admitted to having at least one pessimistic comment about her body everyday (Dreisbach, Shaun). The definition of thin is “having opposite surfaces or sides close together”(“Thin Definition”). With social media's help the definition of thin has become smaller and has become physically unattainable. Body image is how one views oneself by looking in the mirror or viewing a picture. It is often confused with self esteem (“What is Body Image”). With media's unrealistic imaging, ordinary people tend to have dissatisfaction about their body, which normally leads to disorders trying to achieve these unreasonable goals. Social Media is the place people get their ideas for fashion, dieting advice, and to look at celebrities and peers. On average teens spend over seven and a half hours on social media (Gallivan, Heather). Models, actresses, singers, and media’s bodies weigh 23% less than the average human being (Strickland, Jennifer). It was found that girls who looked at Seventeen Magazine felt like they were not “good enough, pretty enough, or thin enough” (Gallivan, Heather). As we look at the big picture is it really just social media influencing eating disorders. …show more content…
Peer competition seemed to significantly influence body disappointment (Life Science Staff). At the age of two is when we begin to recognize ourselves, yet at four we begin to compare ourselves to others (Gallivan, Heather). Most women talk bad about themselves because it has become normal (Dreisbach, Shaun). Peers have began to put pressure on women to exercise to the point that it could be unsafe because of the way they talk about their body (“Eating