“We see so much in the media that there’s so much negativity towards women and their weight and how they look and it’s just a representation of the pressure we feel to conform to men’s ideals. There’s this concept of the perfect woman who looks this certain way and because women may not look that way they’re scrutinized,” said by Ariella, who at the time of 2011 was a high school student who already knew that young women like herself fall prey to the projections of beauty on social media.
The pursuit of beauty is becoming dangerous due to the projections of the media and the impact it has on young women.
The media has been the center of our lives before we could fully comprehend the impact it had on us.
Magazines, Tv shows, films, and social …show more content…
In 2014 12% of the top-grossing films had a female protagonist, a number that went down 2% from 2013. Even though these female protagonists are shown doing things on their own merit, they are always mother, wife, girlfriend, their motivation, 58% of their existence in these films are defined by their social lives compared to the 31% of male protagonists. This representation leads young women to believe this is the true image of a woman. In the means of characters, age equals power, which lead to 53% of those female protagonist to be around the ages of 20 and 30 while the same percentage of male protagonists were depicted as being over 40 years old. This age gap represents how directors make their female protagonists powerless as they were only seen as the wife, the mother, or the girlfriend. This characterization also helped form the ideal body image of women today.
That woman is in her 20s with the height of 5’10 and the weight of 120. But, the average weight of and height of a young woman according to CDC is 5’3 and 166 pounds. The BMI for the ideal height and weight is 17.5 and anything under 18.5 is considered …show more content…
We see comments, photos, and blog posts and believe that what is showcased is what we need to be to be accepted . With Instagram having 300 million users and 70 million photos and videos sent out daily, it’s easy for us to be drowned in this false sense of reality and then later have ourselves obsessed with having the most likes and followers. I’ve seen so many students since middle school to today just walk up to the board in each of my classes and just write down their account name saying “Follow me @Thenew_calypso”, is it really that important? Are you so obsessed with getting followers and being noticed that you think you can attempt to overshadow the need simple need to
The pursuit of beauty is becoming dangerous due to the projections of the media and the impact it has on young women.
The media has been the center of our lives before we could fully comprehend the impact it had on us.
Magazines, Tv shows, films, and social …show more content…
In 2014 12% of the top-grossing films had a female protagonist, a number that went down 2% from 2013. Even though these female protagonists are shown doing things on their own merit, they are always mother, wife, girlfriend, their motivation, 58% of their existence in these films are defined by their social lives compared to the 31% of male protagonists. This representation leads young women to believe this is the true image of a woman. In the means of characters, age equals power, which lead to 53% of those female protagonist to be around the ages of 20 and 30 while the same percentage of male protagonists were depicted as being over 40 years old. This age gap represents how directors make their female protagonists powerless as they were only seen as the wife, the mother, or the girlfriend. This characterization also helped form the ideal body image of women today.
That woman is in her 20s with the height of 5’10 and the weight of 120. But, the average weight of and height of a young woman according to CDC is 5’3 and 166 pounds. The BMI for the ideal height and weight is 17.5 and anything under 18.5 is considered …show more content…
We see comments, photos, and blog posts and believe that what is showcased is what we need to be to be accepted . With Instagram having 300 million users and 70 million photos and videos sent out daily, it’s easy for us to be drowned in this false sense of reality and then later have ourselves obsessed with having the most likes and followers. I’ve seen so many students since middle school to today just walk up to the board in each of my classes and just write down their account name saying “Follow me @Thenew_calypso”, is it really that important? Are you so obsessed with getting followers and being noticed that you think you can attempt to overshadow the need simple need to