After researching the body, I have come to the realization that we shouldn’t listen to the media’s perception of beauty. Due to the overwhelming pressures to look just like the next celebrity, more and more young girls are becoming self-conscious. This is causing young adults to refer to self-harm; including suicide and eating disorders. Lastly, due to the media’s ongoing pressures on body image, we are experiencing lack of diversity, as everyone is obsessing over looking one certain way, no one is embracing their individuality. As a student, popular media’s perception on “body image” lowers my self-esteem, as I am constantly pressured to look, talk, dress a certain way. Images in the media today project an unrealistic and even dangerous standard
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Brands like Aeropostale encourage women to be shaped a certain way. Their idea of the perfect woman is tall, and slim, not encouraging women to love their individual bodies. The average woman is a little over 5 feet, and weights roughly 166 lb.’s, which isn’t what is considered “desirable” according to society. Body shaming is a universal issue that occurs from the media’s constant portrayal of how our bodies should look. Thanks to social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter we are exposed to cyber bullying and a world full of secret critiques. People now think it’s acceptable to attack others based on their physical appearance, because we have put the idea that being “thin” is socially acceptable. The media has distorted our views on body image, by placing an unrealistic idea in our heads. Because of the obsession to look a certain way, we have become obsessed with self-examining ourselves in mirrors, thinking about negative comments regarding our bodies and comparing ourselves to others. Some go to the extent and start envying their friend’s bodies, as well as …show more content…
One of the biggest misconceptions about eating disorders is that media plays a pivotal role in making someone anorexic or bulimic. It is easy to make this assumption as the media is persuasive when it comes to beauty. There are several reasons why the media is to blame for body shaming, however in many ways the media isn’t to blame. Society does not force or condemn the public to look the way the characters appear on the show; people are still given a choice. One could ignore what society “expects” and go based on how they want to look. This all stems off one’s self confidence, if you are secure with how you look, you wouldn’t need to care about what others say. Developing thick skin, will help you shut out the critiques online and in real life. People believe for body shaming to stop, the media has to cast plus size models to display the idea they accept everyone. However, what happens to the thinner girls? Will they be pressured to gain weight? People will feel obligated to change themselves regardless of what the media publish. Women and Men will always have insecurities regarding their image, but in order for that to stop, you must be at ease with yourself. Body shaming towards both men and women is an underrated problem in society, that needs to be recognized. Millions of people of all ages and gender suffer from numerous eating disorders. We shouldn’t listen to what society
Brands like Aeropostale encourage women to be shaped a certain way. Their idea of the perfect woman is tall, and slim, not encouraging women to love their individual bodies. The average woman is a little over 5 feet, and weights roughly 166 lb.’s, which isn’t what is considered “desirable” according to society. Body shaming is a universal issue that occurs from the media’s constant portrayal of how our bodies should look. Thanks to social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter we are exposed to cyber bullying and a world full of secret critiques. People now think it’s acceptable to attack others based on their physical appearance, because we have put the idea that being “thin” is socially acceptable. The media has distorted our views on body image, by placing an unrealistic idea in our heads. Because of the obsession to look a certain way, we have become obsessed with self-examining ourselves in mirrors, thinking about negative comments regarding our bodies and comparing ourselves to others. Some go to the extent and start envying their friend’s bodies, as well as …show more content…
One of the biggest misconceptions about eating disorders is that media plays a pivotal role in making someone anorexic or bulimic. It is easy to make this assumption as the media is persuasive when it comes to beauty. There are several reasons why the media is to blame for body shaming, however in many ways the media isn’t to blame. Society does not force or condemn the public to look the way the characters appear on the show; people are still given a choice. One could ignore what society “expects” and go based on how they want to look. This all stems off one’s self confidence, if you are secure with how you look, you wouldn’t need to care about what others say. Developing thick skin, will help you shut out the critiques online and in real life. People believe for body shaming to stop, the media has to cast plus size models to display the idea they accept everyone. However, what happens to the thinner girls? Will they be pressured to gain weight? People will feel obligated to change themselves regardless of what the media publish. Women and Men will always have insecurities regarding their image, but in order for that to stop, you must be at ease with yourself. Body shaming towards both men and women is an underrated problem in society, that needs to be recognized. Millions of people of all ages and gender suffer from numerous eating disorders. We shouldn’t listen to what society