Health class paper
Sudden changes in a person’s body during puberty also play a role in an individual’s body image perception. During puberty, both boys and girls bodies begin to change in a number of ways. This sometimes causes embarrassment as they struggle to deal with the unfamiliar changes. Other girls and boys struggle with their body image perception because they feel they have not matured quickly enough.
Body image perception is the way that a person views how his or her body looks. A person’s perception of his or her image strongly affects how he or she acts on a given day. If a person lacks confidence in body image, then he or she is less likely to walk with pride or to wear attractive clothes. Body image perception has a strong impact on an individual’s personal life and stems from many factors, including television and one's social network.
I looked at a Barbie doll when I was 6 and said, ‘This is what I want to look like.’ I think a lot of little 6-year-old girls or younger even now are looking at that doll and thinking, ‘I want to be her.’ (model Cindy Jackson on CBS News, 2004).
Barbie is the cultural icon of female beauty that provides an “aspirational role model” for young girls (Pedersen & Markee, 1991; Turkel, 1998), and 99% of 3- to 10-year-olds in the United States own at least one Barbie doll (Rogers, 1999). Yet, Barbie is so exceptionally thin that her weight and body proportions are not only unattainable but also unhealthy. The ultrathin female beauty ideal she embodies has been linked with the extraordinary preva- lence of negative body image and unhealthy eating patterns among girls and women (Thompson, Heinberg, Altabe, & Tantleff-Dunn, 1999). For young children, fantasy and play are vital parts of socialization in which they internalize ideals and values (Sutton- Smith, 1997), and dolls provide a tangible image of the body that can be internalized as part of the child’s developing self-concept and body image (Kuther & McDonald, 2004). Possible negative
Body image perception is the way that a person views how his or her body looks. A person’s perception of his or her image strongly affects how he or she acts on a given day. If a person lacks confidence in body image, then he or she is less likely to walk with pride or to wear attractive clothes. Body image perception has a strong impact on an individual’s personal life and stems from many factors, including television and one's social network.
I looked at a Barbie doll when I was 6 and said, ‘This is what I want to look like.’ I think a lot of little 6-year-old girls or younger even now are looking at that doll and thinking, ‘I want to be her.’ (model Cindy Jackson on CBS News, 2004).
Barbie is the cultural icon of female beauty that provides an “aspirational role model” for young girls (Pedersen & Markee, 1991; Turkel, 1998), and 99% of 3- to 10-year-olds in the United States own at least one Barbie doll (Rogers, 1999). Yet, Barbie is so exceptionally thin that her weight and body proportions are not only unattainable but also unhealthy. The ultrathin female beauty ideal she embodies has been linked with the extraordinary preva- lence of negative body image and unhealthy eating patterns among girls and women (Thompson, Heinberg, Altabe, & Tantleff-Dunn, 1999). For young children, fantasy and play are vital parts of socialization in which they internalize ideals and values (Sutton- Smith, 1997), and dolls provide a tangible image of the body that can be internalized as part of the child’s developing self-concept and body image (Kuther & McDonald, 2004). Possible negative