Media Body Images
Body images in the media portrays an unrealistic, unhealthy, and dangerous standards of feminine beauty in today's society. These unnecessary standards can have a powerful influence on the way women view themselves as well as how others view them. These standards are presented in many forms of popular media, such as magazines, news paper, T.V. Shows, and social media. These media barrages women with images that portrays what is considered to be the “ideal” body. The media puts forth an image of beauty that is unattainable. They do this by showing unhealthy, flawless, stick-thin girls all over the media.
The media claims that thin girls are attractive, confidant, flawless, and happier than those with heavier subject. This sends out implicit messages to the impressionable minds of young women. Telling them that in order to be called “Beautiful,” or “attractive” they must look like the unrealistic media ideal of women. From the prospective of the media, thinness is idealized and expected for women in order to be considered beautiful. When women see all these so called “perfect” models, singers, and/or actress, they start to have extremely …show more content…
It also shows that women have been getting heavier over time. Furthermore, the gap between their actual body size and those of ideal image is widening. Women average weight has been increasing rapidly over the last forty years. National Center for Healthy Statistic, 2006, has shown that over half of the female population in the United States are over weight. Less than 5% can be as thin as media models, and over 90% of women have tried dieting at some point in their lives. However, unhealthy dieting often leads to weight fluctuation and subsequent weight gain rather than weight loss. Perhaps this is part of the reasons why the average weight has been
Body images in the media portrays an unrealistic, unhealthy, and dangerous standards of feminine beauty in today's society. These unnecessary standards can have a powerful influence on the way women view themselves as well as how others view them. These standards are presented in many forms of popular media, such as magazines, news paper, T.V. Shows, and social media. These media barrages women with images that portrays what is considered to be the “ideal” body. The media puts forth an image of beauty that is unattainable. They do this by showing unhealthy, flawless, stick-thin girls all over the media.
The media claims that thin girls are attractive, confidant, flawless, and happier than those with heavier subject. This sends out implicit messages to the impressionable minds of young women. Telling them that in order to be called “Beautiful,” or “attractive” they must look like the unrealistic media ideal of women. From the prospective of the media, thinness is idealized and expected for women in order to be considered beautiful. When women see all these so called “perfect” models, singers, and/or actress, they start to have extremely …show more content…
It also shows that women have been getting heavier over time. Furthermore, the gap between their actual body size and those of ideal image is widening. Women average weight has been increasing rapidly over the last forty years. National Center for Healthy Statistic, 2006, has shown that over half of the female population in the United States are over weight. Less than 5% can be as thin as media models, and over 90% of women have tried dieting at some point in their lives. However, unhealthy dieting often leads to weight fluctuation and subsequent weight gain rather than weight loss. Perhaps this is part of the reasons why the average weight has been