Self Esteem Final As a child, do you remember having a favorite television show? Or perhaps you had a precious toy that you took everywhere? You may have even had a favorite celebrity that you strived to be like when you grew up. Do you ever wonder if what you enjoyed through adolescence had an effect on who you are today? For example, do you remember Barbie? That name is something that is engrained in our minds. Barbie was a doll who many young girls strived to be. Why wouldn’t they? She is beautiful, she is a size 2 dress size, and she is able to accomplish any job that she sets her “mind” to (Anschutz & Engels, 2010). So of course children idolize her. However, when does idolization turn into obsession? Seeing a doll of her stature makes
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First we need to consider the age groups that are affected most by self esteem issues. When that is figured out we can find what we can do in order to help these individuals raise their self esteem. I think one of the most important things to figure out is if the person is being bullied, or if the individual may have a slight psychological disorder. Being bullied has been known to cause self esteem and self image issues in girls (Ferguson et al., 2014). So if we stop the bullying will it stop the self esteem issues? Perhaps it will, however, we also need to look at the other side of this ethical dilemma. On the proponent side, many people believe that self esteem issues are the fault of the medias perception and filtering (Nielson et al., 2014). So maybe from a media standpoint, model touch ups should become less common and models should be a more realistic shape for girls to look up too. Can you consider anyone in the media today a true role model? If you cannot, perhaps that should be something that needs to be altered and …show more content…
Some believe that the media is causing a downward spiral to an individual’s self esteem (Nielsen, et al., 2013). Where others perceive differently what affects an individual’s self esteem. On the opponent side, individuals believe that the issue lies with bullying. The bullying that girls feel is causing their self esteem issues, which in turn affects their self worth (Ferguson et al., 2014). The opponent side believes that once a person is bullied, they start to see or notice the issue, even if there is not one that exists (Ferguson et al., 2014). The bully makes the person see themselves differently. On the proponent side many people believe that the self esteem issues that the youth of today have are due to what things they are exposed to (Ferguson et al., 2014). For example, the media having an unrealistic standard for beauty, or the Barbie doll with an unattainable figure. The proponent side has a lot of good points. From what we see around us, do we gather information? We as children are like Sherlock Holmes fully taking in and studying the world around us. If we hear someone say that a person is attractive, we try to pick the person apart and try to find their best attributes. From there we compare them to ourselves and then pick ourselves apart. That is one of the biggest issues that we have. We are our worst critics. So how can we solve this ethical tug of
First we need to consider the age groups that are affected most by self esteem issues. When that is figured out we can find what we can do in order to help these individuals raise their self esteem. I think one of the most important things to figure out is if the person is being bullied, or if the individual may have a slight psychological disorder. Being bullied has been known to cause self esteem and self image issues in girls (Ferguson et al., 2014). So if we stop the bullying will it stop the self esteem issues? Perhaps it will, however, we also need to look at the other side of this ethical dilemma. On the proponent side, many people believe that self esteem issues are the fault of the medias perception and filtering (Nielson et al., 2014). So maybe from a media standpoint, model touch ups should become less common and models should be a more realistic shape for girls to look up too. Can you consider anyone in the media today a true role model? If you cannot, perhaps that should be something that needs to be altered and …show more content…
Some believe that the media is causing a downward spiral to an individual’s self esteem (Nielsen, et al., 2013). Where others perceive differently what affects an individual’s self esteem. On the opponent side, individuals believe that the issue lies with bullying. The bullying that girls feel is causing their self esteem issues, which in turn affects their self worth (Ferguson et al., 2014). The opponent side believes that once a person is bullied, they start to see or notice the issue, even if there is not one that exists (Ferguson et al., 2014). The bully makes the person see themselves differently. On the proponent side many people believe that the self esteem issues that the youth of today have are due to what things they are exposed to (Ferguson et al., 2014). For example, the media having an unrealistic standard for beauty, or the Barbie doll with an unattainable figure. The proponent side has a lot of good points. From what we see around us, do we gather information? We as children are like Sherlock Holmes fully taking in and studying the world around us. If we hear someone say that a person is attractive, we try to pick the person apart and try to find their best attributes. From there we compare them to ourselves and then pick ourselves apart. That is one of the biggest issues that we have. We are our worst critics. So how can we solve this ethical tug of