Culture we all are familiar with as being about a group of people’s language, literature, or the way they interact with one another. When we take a look at culture through the eyes of sociologist we find that it contains the norms and beliefs that a group of people have. Chapter three really captures the idea that our culture is molded by our society full of fad trends and what we are shown via the television, in ads, movies, and magazines. In our daily life we can’t help but be captivated by all of those sources of media because they are readily available for us to view and that is what plays a big role shaping what the norms are of life.
The concept of culture inconsistency intrigued me the most especially when reading about how our society …show more content…
I found that looking at the bigger picture when it comes to what the media comes at us with we will find that it’s not all right or okay. Reading “Media, Markets, and the Culture of Thinness in America” made me realize how I was there with many women and men that deal with the struggles of looking a certain way in order to be accepted. I remember idolizing women plastered on magazines that wore a size two when I was a size five. I gave in just like many others and resorted to not eating as well as purging. When I look back on that part of my life I think if I didn’t have that invisible pressure would I have still made those choices. Now that I’m too focused on work and school to even look at a magazine I don’t feel that desire to be a certain way or do things that only hurt myself and not help me. For me this is the greatest contribution the author made because I came to realize my own eating disorder and how my environment contributed to it. Seeing the statistics about anorexia and bulimia being in correlation with media promoting unachievable body images it makes me wonder why there hasn’t been more compassion towards these humans who are obviously not healthy to be healthy by the companies that hire them. This brings me to what I think the weakness of this chapter was. I would have liked for the articles incorporated to have information about if someone finds themselves in any position of thoughts of anorexia or bulimia to find help or organizations that are helping people or raising
The concept of culture inconsistency intrigued me the most especially when reading about how our society …show more content…
I found that looking at the bigger picture when it comes to what the media comes at us with we will find that it’s not all right or okay. Reading “Media, Markets, and the Culture of Thinness in America” made me realize how I was there with many women and men that deal with the struggles of looking a certain way in order to be accepted. I remember idolizing women plastered on magazines that wore a size two when I was a size five. I gave in just like many others and resorted to not eating as well as purging. When I look back on that part of my life I think if I didn’t have that invisible pressure would I have still made those choices. Now that I’m too focused on work and school to even look at a magazine I don’t feel that desire to be a certain way or do things that only hurt myself and not help me. For me this is the greatest contribution the author made because I came to realize my own eating disorder and how my environment contributed to it. Seeing the statistics about anorexia and bulimia being in correlation with media promoting unachievable body images it makes me wonder why there hasn’t been more compassion towards these humans who are obviously not healthy to be healthy by the companies that hire them. This brings me to what I think the weakness of this chapter was. I would have liked for the articles incorporated to have information about if someone finds themselves in any position of thoughts of anorexia or bulimia to find help or organizations that are helping people or raising