What I Know, Assume, or Imagine
The media surrounds society with a daily realm of technology in the forms of television, magazines, and social networks. While the media has the capability to connect people and unite nations, it also has the power to inculcate ideas and attitudes about females’ physical appearance. The media generates negative physical and psychological consequences on young girls’ body image.
Considering negative body image in young girls, I assume information from my own experience as well as from stories and shows from the past. I know that girls are influenced in some way or another by images showing the ideal body image in society; they may be positively, negatively, or neutrally affected by the pictures. I imagine that …show more content…
I was patient for about a week or so in waiting for a reply from various experts that I contacted. Then, I began to panic because no one was replying and my due date was quickly approaching. I seeked assistance from my AP Biology teacher to see if she could recommend any psychologists for an interview. My teacher reconnected with a former student’s parent who happens to counsel teens; the psychologist was willing to help me in any possible way. When I requested to conduct an interview with her, I waited for a reply for a couple of days. I was in utterly frustrated and anxious because I was under a time constraint, and if she resolved to deny my interview, I would not have an interview for my project. I consulted Mrs. Van de Motter on the matter of my interviewee to elicit her suggestions. She was quite constructive and supportive in her advice of possible interviewees. Fortunately, the psychologist responded to my request, and she proceeded to answer all of my questions.
My interviewee is a Dr. Wendy Bailey, who practices in Fayetteville, Georgia. She attained her Ph.D. in psychology and psychotherapy and has had experience with mentoring young girls in her practice. In my first exchange with her through email, she conveyed eagerness to help with my investigation. She felt that an interview over email would be most convenient; therefore, I proceeded to send her my questions via …show more content…
Regardless of what factors affect the way girls judge their physical appearance, eating disorders are rampant in girls. About 0.2% of females between the ages of eight and fifteen years have developed an eating disorder (Eating). Younger girls are exposed to a pubescent change; consequently, they are more vulnerable to eating disorders. Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a dangerous, sometimes deadly, disorder that leads to starvation from ingesting little to no food and malnourishment (Hill 37). Misinformation can prompt girls to push their bodies through extreme measures to obtain an unreachable figure to please other people. Bulimia nervosa, similar to anorexia nervosa in that there is almost no “caloric intake,” involves “emesis immediately following the ingestion of excessive amounts of food” (Bailey). Although girls with bulimia nervosa attempt to demonstrate that they consume enough food, they truly deceive their own minds because they fail to digest any nutrients that could help their overall physique. Indeed, girls who experience traumatic eating disorders solely succeed in damaging their bodies rather than “fixing” it. Dr. Bailey draws attention to negative body image and eating disorders’ “comorbidity with… electrolyte imbalance, dental damage, and heart damage.” Purging causes dental damage due to
The media surrounds society with a daily realm of technology in the forms of television, magazines, and social networks. While the media has the capability to connect people and unite nations, it also has the power to inculcate ideas and attitudes about females’ physical appearance. The media generates negative physical and psychological consequences on young girls’ body image.
Considering negative body image in young girls, I assume information from my own experience as well as from stories and shows from the past. I know that girls are influenced in some way or another by images showing the ideal body image in society; they may be positively, negatively, or neutrally affected by the pictures. I imagine that …show more content…
I was patient for about a week or so in waiting for a reply from various experts that I contacted. Then, I began to panic because no one was replying and my due date was quickly approaching. I seeked assistance from my AP Biology teacher to see if she could recommend any psychologists for an interview. My teacher reconnected with a former student’s parent who happens to counsel teens; the psychologist was willing to help me in any possible way. When I requested to conduct an interview with her, I waited for a reply for a couple of days. I was in utterly frustrated and anxious because I was under a time constraint, and if she resolved to deny my interview, I would not have an interview for my project. I consulted Mrs. Van de Motter on the matter of my interviewee to elicit her suggestions. She was quite constructive and supportive in her advice of possible interviewees. Fortunately, the psychologist responded to my request, and she proceeded to answer all of my questions.
My interviewee is a Dr. Wendy Bailey, who practices in Fayetteville, Georgia. She attained her Ph.D. in psychology and psychotherapy and has had experience with mentoring young girls in her practice. In my first exchange with her through email, she conveyed eagerness to help with my investigation. She felt that an interview over email would be most convenient; therefore, I proceeded to send her my questions via …show more content…
Regardless of what factors affect the way girls judge their physical appearance, eating disorders are rampant in girls. About 0.2% of females between the ages of eight and fifteen years have developed an eating disorder (Eating). Younger girls are exposed to a pubescent change; consequently, they are more vulnerable to eating disorders. Common eating disorders include anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a dangerous, sometimes deadly, disorder that leads to starvation from ingesting little to no food and malnourishment (Hill 37). Misinformation can prompt girls to push their bodies through extreme measures to obtain an unreachable figure to please other people. Bulimia nervosa, similar to anorexia nervosa in that there is almost no “caloric intake,” involves “emesis immediately following the ingestion of excessive amounts of food” (Bailey). Although girls with bulimia nervosa attempt to demonstrate that they consume enough food, they truly deceive their own minds because they fail to digest any nutrients that could help their overall physique. Indeed, girls who experience traumatic eating disorders solely succeed in damaging their bodies rather than “fixing” it. Dr. Bailey draws attention to negative body image and eating disorders’ “comorbidity with… electrolyte imbalance, dental damage, and heart damage.” Purging causes dental damage due to