The New Skinny with the Media Today Glance around and you will see that there are contrasting body shapes for each individual person. However, the media dissents that every person is distinctive and only shows one body time: skinny. Today, there is a certain body image portrayed in the media, with magazines being the most common source, where an unrealistic body of women is advertised. The media generates impossible expectations about the size and shape of an attractive women’s body by tactics such as airbrushing. Overall, this degrades and criticizes all women who do not fit pare with the profiles.
The effect of this representation of a women’s body has resulted in ninety-five percent of people from twelve to twenty-five years of age to …show more content…
These featured articles entail celebrities or reality television stars with unblemished skin, perfect makeup, gorgeous clothes, and extremely thin figures. On the particular issue 984 of US Weekly, the side stories include Khloe Kardashian, Jennifer Anderson, and Sadie Roberson. These featured articles entail the projection of the perfect feminist body with the idea that you have to be attractive to have the perfect American life. An example of this is through Sadie Robinson’s article in the magazine. She is a tall, skinny, with impeccable skin; who in addition has the perfect work and family life. Recently, she designed her own Sherri Hill Spring 2014 Prom Dress line. In addition, she is one of the main models for the line. However, would she still have that extremely successful lifestyle if she didn’t look the way she does on the outside? Magazines make all women, old and young question the idea; that without an attractive body can they have a successful lifestyle? Not only do the profiles in magazines portray unrealistic views on body image, the advertisements in the magazines do the same. Whether it is clothing, hair, or even perfume product advertisement the models showcasing the products are extremely thin. The ads all portray the same body image; that you have to be skinny. This assumption is easily shown through every portrayal of products that include a model that is extremely lean and flawless. Examples in US Weekly, issue 984, include products such as: Smart Water by Jennifer Anniston, L’Oreal Paris lip-gloss by Jennifer Lopez, and Jenny Craig by Valerie
The effect of this representation of a women’s body has resulted in ninety-five percent of people from twelve to twenty-five years of age to …show more content…
These featured articles entail celebrities or reality television stars with unblemished skin, perfect makeup, gorgeous clothes, and extremely thin figures. On the particular issue 984 of US Weekly, the side stories include Khloe Kardashian, Jennifer Anderson, and Sadie Roberson. These featured articles entail the projection of the perfect feminist body with the idea that you have to be attractive to have the perfect American life. An example of this is through Sadie Robinson’s article in the magazine. She is a tall, skinny, with impeccable skin; who in addition has the perfect work and family life. Recently, she designed her own Sherri Hill Spring 2014 Prom Dress line. In addition, she is one of the main models for the line. However, would she still have that extremely successful lifestyle if she didn’t look the way she does on the outside? Magazines make all women, old and young question the idea; that without an attractive body can they have a successful lifestyle? Not only do the profiles in magazines portray unrealistic views on body image, the advertisements in the magazines do the same. Whether it is clothing, hair, or even perfume product advertisement the models showcasing the products are extremely thin. The ads all portray the same body image; that you have to be skinny. This assumption is easily shown through every portrayal of products that include a model that is extremely lean and flawless. Examples in US Weekly, issue 984, include products such as: Smart Water by Jennifer Anniston, L’Oreal Paris lip-gloss by Jennifer Lopez, and Jenny Craig by Valerie