Body Image And Body Mobility Analysis

For many years, there has been a significant amount of emphasis towards people’s physical appearances. Everyone desires the “perfect” body, however not many people are willing or able to put the time and effort in to achieving that status. But what is the “perfect” body? Society has conformed our minds to portray what the body should be but not how it is meant to be. Some people cannot physically achieve this status or do not see the need to do so. In my personal experience with my body and being present in the lives of others who struggle with physical impairments, I founds ways to accept the politics of my body and bodies’ of others in factors that society is not capable of comprehending. In the media today, advertisement and schemes …show more content…
In George Taleporos and Marita McCabe’s article entitled “Body Image and Physical Disability—personal perspectives” talks about the environmental influence can cause someone to view their body image. In a current study from Taleporos and McCabe’s, “[i]t is identified that the way someone views their body image with a combination of psychological experiences, attitude and feelings, desirability for one’s own appearance, and environmental factors”. Both authors discuss, about the “stigma theory” and their types on the psychosocial and becomes immediately aware of the “discrediting attributes.” These attributes may include that the person with the physical disability is unattractive, low self esteem or lower intelligence. In my experience with kids from my summer camp and with my body, we both have had a negative relationship with physical disability and a positive relationship with physical attractiveness which means that we view ourselves as less attractive. Even though these children find their disability a major flaw in their physical appearance, these realizations has made me realize the full capability of my body and to counteract the “stigma …show more content…
In Jacki Andre’s article, “Celebrating the Rise of Disability and Body Acceptance in Media and Beyond” illustrates how there has been recent studies on educating the youth on ableism and disable body acceptance. Andre points on how animated movies with characters with disabilities such as, Peter Pan’s Captain Hook, The Hunchback of Notre Dame’s Quasimodo, Cars’ Mater, Dumbo and The Seven Dwarves all display characters with body issues, disabilities, and how society viewed them in their stories. Andre also uses the movie “Finding Nemo” as a great example because of how Nemo felt about his “lucky fin”. The author states that, “[t]hroughout the movie, disability doesn't hold characters back, but instead gives them special powers.” In Jacki Andre’s quote has a very positive effect because instead of educating society with weight loss gimmicks and the cause of lowering our self esteem towards our own bodies, society should encourage us to accept all our flaws within and with-out of our appearances. Even in animated children’s films, Jacki Andre has realized the lack of understanding of how people view other people with their appearance, but he also points out that society is progressing into a better