Media Effects On Body Image
Everyone has their own perspective on what the “Perfect Body” looks like. For both men and women, society has a set view of what they should look like. One obsesses over their appearance just for the satisfaction of others. Approximately 50% of young girls are unsatisfied with their body and perceive themselves as overweight. On the other hand, 45% of men are affected with a muscle dysmorphia; an obsession with bulking up, also known as reverse anorexia, and see themselves as underweight. Weight is how one classifies themselves in regards to life satisfaction, attractiveness, and health. The pressure of the perfect body on social media, magazines, television, and other heavily used media, shapes the lives of a great portion of men and women,
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Men, women and teenagers are suffering from the heavy attention on body image in the media and they are altering themselves because of it. This view is affecting people's view of themselves, their health, and their self confidence. Although the media does not try to do so, they are hurting the lives of most of their fans. One is not aware of what it is that is going on, their mind is shaping into thinking that what they see is the only way to look. People do not know the affects that the media has on them, nor does the media know that effects they have on people. Celebrities are influential and they are idolized, but they should not be made to be better than others due to their figure. There should not be a set weight that determines whether or not you are perfect or not. Perfect means having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be, and to make something completely free from faults or defects, or as close to such a condition as possible. The media describes anyone with a certain height, weight and shape as “perfect” and allows everyone else to believe so as well. But who is to decide who is perfect and who is not? Body image is the subjective picture or mental image of one's own body. The media should not have the right to alter one's vision of themselves and their bodies. No one person is perfect, so the media cannot decipher the perfect bodies from the imperfect
Men, women and teenagers are suffering from the heavy attention on body image in the media and they are altering themselves because of it. This view is affecting people's view of themselves, their health, and their self confidence. Although the media does not try to do so, they are hurting the lives of most of their fans. One is not aware of what it is that is going on, their mind is shaping into thinking that what they see is the only way to look. People do not know the affects that the media has on them, nor does the media know that effects they have on people. Celebrities are influential and they are idolized, but they should not be made to be better than others due to their figure. There should not be a set weight that determines whether or not you are perfect or not. Perfect means having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be, and to make something completely free from faults or defects, or as close to such a condition as possible. The media describes anyone with a certain height, weight and shape as “perfect” and allows everyone else to believe so as well. But who is to decide who is perfect and who is not? Body image is the subjective picture or mental image of one's own body. The media should not have the right to alter one's vision of themselves and their bodies. No one person is perfect, so the media cannot decipher the perfect bodies from the imperfect