Over the past 10 years, media has began to portray beauty, attractiveness and perfection in a skewed, unrealistic way. By exposing teenage girls and boys to the unattainable standards of attractiveness and bodily perfection, the media has coerced people to feel unsatisfied with their bodies. This body image dissatisfaction can result in disordered eating, self hatred, problematic social behavior, and overall an unhealthy mental, emotional, and physical state of being.
Teenage girls and boys, and even boys and girls as early as ages 9-12 have reported feeling unsatisfied with their bodies. Living in an American society that glorifies "super-hunks and airbrushed beauties"(Maynard 1) children learn at an early age that perfection must be what …show more content…
BID is a serious disorder that has a variety of linked struggles attached. A person who struggles with BID commonly displays negative effects on thoughts, feelings, judgements, sensations, awareness and behavior. Social media displays a link of beauty and attractiveness to happiness. Whether shown on a television show, movie, or computer ad, the actor or actress is commonly an attractive individual. When the media links happiness with attractiveness, it send the viewer a false realization that the two must be correlated. When comparing oneself to an actor, actress, or model, a normal person may feel bad about their body image or attractiveness. Negative body image is commonly associated with unhappiness. A person who is unhappy with their body, may be unhappy with other aspects of themselves. The sadness can effect relationships, friendships, careers, and unfortunately many other aspects of life. The severity of negative body image develops into many larger, even life threatening issues that must be acknowledged and aided …show more content…
The portrayal of perfection by the media has thoroughly conditioned normal men and women to believe that their bodies are not good enough, or acceptable. Disputes occur all throughout social media on how to alter the way media portrays perfection. The recently trending hashtag, "Body Positivity" has attempted to promote and encouraged people to feel confident in their bodies, despite their shape or size. Support from the media is a crucial part of overcoming the ever-so- prominent unhappiness with body image. Putting an end to photoshopping models, altering normal bodies, and airbrushing skin, could be a life changing experience for young girls and boys. Changing the waists, breasts, hips, butts, and legs of models in the media provides an unrealistic body standard. If girls were to see a normal woman's body plastered on the TV screen, girls would not feel inferior. As for men, if they were to see a normal male with an ordinary muscle mass, they would not feel compelled to grow big and strong to look acceptable. Finally, support from family is crucial. To stop teens from comparing themselves to media portrayed models, alert them to the false advertisement within the media. Never criticize a child's appearance regardless of his or her weight. Focus on personality traits and characteristics, rather than appearance. Emphasis the importance of a
Teenage girls and boys, and even boys and girls as early as ages 9-12 have reported feeling unsatisfied with their bodies. Living in an American society that glorifies "super-hunks and airbrushed beauties"(Maynard 1) children learn at an early age that perfection must be what …show more content…
BID is a serious disorder that has a variety of linked struggles attached. A person who struggles with BID commonly displays negative effects on thoughts, feelings, judgements, sensations, awareness and behavior. Social media displays a link of beauty and attractiveness to happiness. Whether shown on a television show, movie, or computer ad, the actor or actress is commonly an attractive individual. When the media links happiness with attractiveness, it send the viewer a false realization that the two must be correlated. When comparing oneself to an actor, actress, or model, a normal person may feel bad about their body image or attractiveness. Negative body image is commonly associated with unhappiness. A person who is unhappy with their body, may be unhappy with other aspects of themselves. The sadness can effect relationships, friendships, careers, and unfortunately many other aspects of life. The severity of negative body image develops into many larger, even life threatening issues that must be acknowledged and aided …show more content…
The portrayal of perfection by the media has thoroughly conditioned normal men and women to believe that their bodies are not good enough, or acceptable. Disputes occur all throughout social media on how to alter the way media portrays perfection. The recently trending hashtag, "Body Positivity" has attempted to promote and encouraged people to feel confident in their bodies, despite their shape or size. Support from the media is a crucial part of overcoming the ever-so- prominent unhappiness with body image. Putting an end to photoshopping models, altering normal bodies, and airbrushing skin, could be a life changing experience for young girls and boys. Changing the waists, breasts, hips, butts, and legs of models in the media provides an unrealistic body standard. If girls were to see a normal woman's body plastered on the TV screen, girls would not feel inferior. As for men, if they were to see a normal male with an ordinary muscle mass, they would not feel compelled to grow big and strong to look acceptable. Finally, support from family is crucial. To stop teens from comparing themselves to media portrayed models, alert them to the false advertisement within the media. Never criticize a child's appearance regardless of his or her weight. Focus on personality traits and characteristics, rather than appearance. Emphasis the importance of a