Social Media And Body Image

“Snap, Snap, Did you get that shot?” In today’s “fashion models weighs 23% less than the average female, and a young woman between the ages of 18-34 has a 7% chance of being as slim as a catwalk model and 1% chance of being as thin as a supermodel”(Healthyplace 2). The idea of women starting to diet goes back to 1890 and 1920, when the idea of the body completely changed.“Healthy looking women was the trend in the renaissance until the 1900s when women wanted to reinvent themselves. Women by the 1920s started to diet on a regular basis” (Wolchover 3). Images in the media influence female behavior because they encourage eating disorders, poor self-image and the lack of confidence. Many young adults in the world are influenced by social media. Social media helps to advertise of images and fashion. Without the media society will not be up to date with what is happening. Images that are released into the media are mostly of women who are extremely thin. These women who are in magazines, movies and many other social media producers cause young girls, and women to have body image problems. These body image problems can lead to many more problems. Eating disorders are a leading cause that many young …show more content…
What most people do not know is that looking at these images for a long period of time can cause many other mental and physical diseases. Some of the diseases that some people might be able to get that are mentally are thinking they are not good enough. It gets into their head that they need to diet so they can feel beautiful. Dieting can lead to teens and women having bulimia or anorexia. This is because dieting does not work so they stop eating and start ruining their bodies. Anorexia is a major disease many teens suffer from. It is when most teens fear becoming fat. Bulimia is when teens cannot keep down what they eat, so they throw it up