Out Of Body Image Essay

A group in society in which advertisements influence quite a lot are women and girls. When advertisements showcase impossibly flawless women it is very toxic. Advertising features perfect women that do not exist. Although these impeccably beautiful women are not real, they set the beauty standards for society. These standards include having a small waist but also being curvy in the “right” places. To have clear, glowing skin free from acne and scars. To have beautiful silky hair and the list goes on. From an early age, the expectations for girls to be these women is shoved down their throats. To look like these fake women is the goal they must achieve. As young girls continue through adolescence, they must alter themselves to fit these standards. …show more content…
.In the article “Out-of-Body Image”, author Caroline Heldman states, “ A steady diet of exploitative, sexually provocative depictions of women feeds a poisonous trend in women's and girl’s perceptions of their bodies”(Heldman, 2013, p. (347). Provocative images are in the forefront for standards for women and girls to follow and it is harmful to how they view their own bodies. …show more content…
An example of the fads set in media and even in fashion is crazing over being thin, thus making it a standard to be thin. This obsession with being slim adds on to the list of requirements girls must attain in order to be seen as beautiful in this society. Elaborated from Out-of-Body Image, girls are trained to seen their own bodies as ‘projects’ that are to be worked on to be attractive to others beforehand(Kilbourne, 2013). Girl’s bodies throughout adolescence are told that they must always be always under