Essay On Bad Body Image

Documented Academic Argument Body image is defined by health professional Carla Rice as “an individual’s experience of his/her body. It is the mental picture a person has of his/her body as well as the individual’s associated thoughts, feelings, judgments, sensations, awareness and behavior” (Rice). In today’s society, it is hard to ignore the internet or media. With that in mind, media and society have found more ways to project negative body image now than ever before. Society has always has said that women should be thin and sexy body while men should be tall and muscular. If women or men do not fit in the category, they are considered “ugly”. This idea becomes stronger to people if they are bullied for the way they look and those bully …show more content…
People are not saying to stop advertisements like this, but to use less deprecating words that can trigger negative thoughts to someone who could have just learned to love themselves or to someone who is trying to. A simple change of words would not cost the cooperation more and maybe would receive less hatred as well. People are more supportive of those who support a positive message versus a negative one. Negative body image is something you cannot see. Even those who are very attractive have negative body image or can be insecure about how they are judge by society. People wonder why body image is important and it is important because rather than having negative thoughts about the body, people can be thinking more positive thoughts about themselves, or towards others. As Flora mentions a quote said by Demarais and White, “"When no one reacted in horror, and in fact responded positively, he began to feel at ease with his smile. When he seemed more comfortable in his own skin, he became more appealing to