Jennifer Love Hewitt said, “To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini—put it on and stay strong.” For some time now there has been a shift in what the perfect size is for women. Society has created an image deemed as “the right way to look” that young girls want to live up to. In the 60s, people looked up to Marilyn Monroe as the model of the perfect body figure. She was a 5 feet 6 inches tall, a size 16 with a 35-inch bust and a 22-inch waist. Her bra size was a 36D (Hiskey). The perfect size today is looked at as a female who is 5 feet 8 inches tall; a 24-inch waist, 28-inch hips, and weighs about 146 pounds (Gayane). A young girl could be looking at pictures of her favorite models, and the whole time be imaging how
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The sources are “Thinspiration” by Victoria Stonebridge, “How Social Networks Spread Eating Disorders” by Alice Park, “Our Eyes Are Broken…” by Kim Dennis, “Social Media’s Potential Influence on Eating Disorders” by Elements, “Marilyn Monroe Was Not Even Close to a Size 12-16” by Daven Hiskey, “The Effect of Social Media in Young Girls” by Miribel Tran, “Perfect Female Body Measurements” by Professor Dr. Gayane, “What is Social Construction?” by Paul Boghossian, and “The Media’s Influence on Body Image Disturbance and Eating Disorders” by Kevin Thompson and Leslie …show more content…
The first blogging sites came around about two years later. Social media didn’t really blow up the way it is today until 2004 when Facebook was first created, then two years later in 2006 Twitter came around and added to the hype that Facebook created. About a year later in 2007 the wonderful, yet dark world of Tumblr joined in, and although not very popular when released, that’s changed quite a bit as of today. One favorite in today’s years is Instagram, made its debut about five years ago in 2010. The intention of these sites was to allow people all around the world to connect with other people, but something negative and dark sprouted from those innocent intentions. In the 1970s, eating disorders became an epidemic. The three primary types of eating disorders are: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Anorexia nervosa is considered to be the most common, and results in insufficient food intake which leads to an overall body weight that is drastically below average. Bulimia nervosa is defined by two main characteristics: “Frequent episodes of consuming very large amount of food followed by behaviors to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting,” (National Eating Disorder Association) while at the same time having a self-esteem that is desperately reliant on body image. Much like Bulimia nervosa, a binge eating disorder is contingent to over-eating food, but the difference
The sources are “Thinspiration” by Victoria Stonebridge, “How Social Networks Spread Eating Disorders” by Alice Park, “Our Eyes Are Broken…” by Kim Dennis, “Social Media’s Potential Influence on Eating Disorders” by Elements, “Marilyn Monroe Was Not Even Close to a Size 12-16” by Daven Hiskey, “The Effect of Social Media in Young Girls” by Miribel Tran, “Perfect Female Body Measurements” by Professor Dr. Gayane, “What is Social Construction?” by Paul Boghossian, and “The Media’s Influence on Body Image Disturbance and Eating Disorders” by Kevin Thompson and Leslie …show more content…
The first blogging sites came around about two years later. Social media didn’t really blow up the way it is today until 2004 when Facebook was first created, then two years later in 2006 Twitter came around and added to the hype that Facebook created. About a year later in 2007 the wonderful, yet dark world of Tumblr joined in, and although not very popular when released, that’s changed quite a bit as of today. One favorite in today’s years is Instagram, made its debut about five years ago in 2010. The intention of these sites was to allow people all around the world to connect with other people, but something negative and dark sprouted from those innocent intentions. In the 1970s, eating disorders became an epidemic. The three primary types of eating disorders are: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Anorexia nervosa is considered to be the most common, and results in insufficient food intake which leads to an overall body weight that is drastically below average. Bulimia nervosa is defined by two main characteristics: “Frequent episodes of consuming very large amount of food followed by behaviors to prevent weight gain, such as self-induced vomiting,” (National Eating Disorder Association) while at the same time having a self-esteem that is desperately reliant on body image. Much like Bulimia nervosa, a binge eating disorder is contingent to over-eating food, but the difference