Informative Essay: Body Image In Photo Editing
Celeste Diblik Abigail Jackson Adv. Composition 23 October 2016
Body Image in Photo Editing
Body image has been evolving ever since the first picture was edited. As a society, we believe that it is the majority of women that have been affected by photo editing, but women aren't the only ones. Men, just as much as women, have problems with body image because of photos distributed by producers of movies, magazines, and even simple everyday commercials. Young children, as well as men and women, sadly have problems with body image too. This body image ‘epidemic’ is starting before people are even at an age that they understand what the word body image means. Body image problems starting at that early age is setting children, of both sexs, up for …show more content…
Statistics submitted by Credos' study, Picture of Health?, say that “1,005 boys aged between eight and 18, found that while most boys believed pressure to look good affected them as much as girls, they were often not aware of practices in advertising that might have an impact on them” ( Boys' body image affected by advertising, study finds). This study proved the point that boys and even men are affected, but more subconsciously than women. This leads men to be more willing to try insane workouts and new eating habits. Some of these eating habits may not lead to depression like in women, but they will more than likely create …show more content…
In a study that was recently conducted, Dr Jane Morris said that even “Batman looks a lot more “bulked up’ than when he was first created” (Teenage boys strain to meet body ideals). The cartoons are what really get to the children. Even though young children are not consciously saying ‘wow I wish I looked like that instead of myself’, it is still getting into their heads. Once they see that a hero, someone that they admire, is strong they want to be strong. They will begin acting as if they are picking up unbelievably heavy objects, saving ‘mommy’s’ life, and helping make the world a better place. Acting these things out isn’t the bad thing, it’s the fact that the child now believes that they have to have a perfect body to do so. They think since batman had a small waist and big strong arms, they have to have a small waist and big strong arms. It seems that as these children start to grow older and become a part of
Body Image in Photo Editing
Body image has been evolving ever since the first picture was edited. As a society, we believe that it is the majority of women that have been affected by photo editing, but women aren't the only ones. Men, just as much as women, have problems with body image because of photos distributed by producers of movies, magazines, and even simple everyday commercials. Young children, as well as men and women, sadly have problems with body image too. This body image ‘epidemic’ is starting before people are even at an age that they understand what the word body image means. Body image problems starting at that early age is setting children, of both sexs, up for …show more content…
Statistics submitted by Credos' study, Picture of Health?, say that “1,005 boys aged between eight and 18, found that while most boys believed pressure to look good affected them as much as girls, they were often not aware of practices in advertising that might have an impact on them” ( Boys' body image affected by advertising, study finds). This study proved the point that boys and even men are affected, but more subconsciously than women. This leads men to be more willing to try insane workouts and new eating habits. Some of these eating habits may not lead to depression like in women, but they will more than likely create …show more content…
In a study that was recently conducted, Dr Jane Morris said that even “Batman looks a lot more “bulked up’ than when he was first created” (Teenage boys strain to meet body ideals). The cartoons are what really get to the children. Even though young children are not consciously saying ‘wow I wish I looked like that instead of myself’, it is still getting into their heads. Once they see that a hero, someone that they admire, is strong they want to be strong. They will begin acting as if they are picking up unbelievably heavy objects, saving ‘mommy’s’ life, and helping make the world a better place. Acting these things out isn’t the bad thing, it’s the fact that the child now believes that they have to have a perfect body to do so. They think since batman had a small waist and big strong arms, they have to have a small waist and big strong arms. It seems that as these children start to grow older and become a part of