The Effect Of Media On Body Image

Throughout the years media has impacted the world with their views and modifications. Their biggest effect of advertisement is body image. Media shames body images to a certain extent. These images increase eating disorders, plus size model discrimination, and global monstrosity. Media, social and peer pressures influence the way teens see themselves. Their mental perception of what they look like can become distorted, leading them to engage in risk behaviors when they feel they don’t measure up to the impossible goal set in front of them. Self image issues can lead to eating disorders, drug and alcohol use, cutting, bullying and sexual addictions. The version of body image that the media puts out for the audience is unrealistic and life threatening for …show more content…
Teenage bodies change from childish lines to feminine curves and masculine angles. Most teens take drastic measures to become the “ideal” body size of society and their values. Body image is a growing concern in the United States. At the age of six half of the girls and a third of the boys in the United States believe that they should be smaller due to the media’s images. Most children up to the age of seven have participated in some type of dieting case. Eating disorders are the result of the dieting causes when taken into drastic measures. Eating disorders are signs of psychological distress or problems. There are two major types of disorders called anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a life threatening eating disorder that includes self starvation and excessive weight loss. Bulimia nervosa is a life threatening eating disorder which includes self bingeing and other unhealthy ways to get rid of food as in taking excess laxatives. Eating disorders can cause irregular or loss of menstruation, hair loss, and most likely death. Although some males struggle with weight gain, many struggle with weight loss. Other than losing weight, some people try to gain weight