Marilyn Monroe Body Image

Body Image Marilyn Monroe was a size nine and was considered beautiful back in 1945. She was an icon to many across the nation, being a little heavier than the other girls shown in magazines. Now, in today’s culture a size five is too big. Body image has significantly changed throughout the years; women think they need to be a size zero in jeans to be beautiful, but in reality all sizes are beautiful. It is a shame that as a society, people do not accept and encourage sizes and flaws. Instead people mock and discourage. Although, “91% of the women population deal with body image...” it isn’t just them that are phased (“Body Image”). Men feel as much pressure as women do. Because of the media, “More than one million boys and men deal with eating disorders…” in hopes of being able to look alike to the guys on the TV (“Body Image”). The men shown on ads, magazines, and television are mostly always buff, tall, and strong. By doing so, men feel obligated to look big and strong. Meaning that they might not do the same as girls and not eat, but working out too much. There have been cases found of “men over working their bodies to where they are put in hospitals” (“Body Image”). As both men and women are hurting and even killing …show more content…
20% of kids, teens, and adults are killed from trying to meet society’s standards. There are so many standers to be meet it would be impossible to meet them all. So why do people still try to do it? It is a question that cannot be answered. The world is changing so should the people. The public need to not only quit judging people by the size but also by natural beauty that people are born with; birthmarks, stretch marks, and freckles. There are so many things people are naturally born with and are ridiculed because of it. Individuals need to learn about self-acceptance, that it’s okay to not be like everyone