Body Image Demographic Research
In modern society body image dissatisfaction is common, especially with the emphasis of beauty through aesthetic labor. Overtime the image of what society deems is “beautiful”, has changed dramatically and with these progressive changes in beauty standards arise the negative impacts on health, especially amongst the most influential age group; the youth. To exemplify, through the process of body modification, dieting, over exercising and possibly even starvation, you might obtain the impossible image that Western culture has normalized. Consequently, some of the side effects of these practices, (that affect both genders), include, low self-esteem, and eating disorders. From a socio-cultural perspective, these issues can be analyzed by focusing
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For example, both men and women experience the negative impacts of body image issues, but in different ways. If boys are bullied as children for being “weak”, this leads them to believe that a more muscular appearance is desirable. On the other hand, girls are more likely to be sexually abused, which results in their idolization of a “thin ideal” (“The Facts About Girls in Canada”, n.d.). It is clear that women have a higher susceptibility to body image dissatisfaction due to these biological and environmental factors. (Olmsted, M. P., & McFarlane, 2004). As quoted in, “The Facts About Girls in Canada”, statistics show, “In 2008, over 11,000 sexual assaults of girls under the age of 18 were reported to police in Canada” (“The Facts About Girls in Canada”, n.d.). As a result, it has been proven that these experiences lead to the decline of their mental health. They experience higher rates of depression, low self-esteem and feelings of …show more content…
They prefer not to play with others who are overweight and this institutional dimension of oppression follows a child to adulthood (Grogan, 2008, p.9). Further examination of this example reveals the differences in power and privilege. To enumerate, children with a lower body weight have “power” over those who society sees as undesirable because of their size and this difference in power, structures the further relationships that are established within the institutional system. This type of power sees one group as dominant and the other as subordinate, and the result of this categorization is unhealthy (Collins, 1993,
For example, both men and women experience the negative impacts of body image issues, but in different ways. If boys are bullied as children for being “weak”, this leads them to believe that a more muscular appearance is desirable. On the other hand, girls are more likely to be sexually abused, which results in their idolization of a “thin ideal” (“The Facts About Girls in Canada”, n.d.). It is clear that women have a higher susceptibility to body image dissatisfaction due to these biological and environmental factors. (Olmsted, M. P., & McFarlane, 2004). As quoted in, “The Facts About Girls in Canada”, statistics show, “In 2008, over 11,000 sexual assaults of girls under the age of 18 were reported to police in Canada” (“The Facts About Girls in Canada”, n.d.). As a result, it has been proven that these experiences lead to the decline of their mental health. They experience higher rates of depression, low self-esteem and feelings of …show more content…
They prefer not to play with others who are overweight and this institutional dimension of oppression follows a child to adulthood (Grogan, 2008, p.9). Further examination of this example reveals the differences in power and privilege. To enumerate, children with a lower body weight have “power” over those who society sees as undesirable because of their size and this difference in power, structures the further relationships that are established within the institutional system. This type of power sees one group as dominant and the other as subordinate, and the result of this categorization is unhealthy (Collins, 1993,