media on beauty
Real Beauty
In the world today, the media makes it hard for a girl to be comfortable with her body. Society, in general, persuades young women to feel that any size above a two is too big. “In 1950, when televisions were first finding their way into homes, the media’s portrayal of “the ideal” female figure was drastically different than it is today. At that time, mannequins and models more or less reflected the average woman’s size. Mannequins and models have grown thinner by the year, increasingly desperate with the average women’s physical form (Radar).” Actresses and other famous women do not help with this belief that society has. This problem causes many young women to starve themselves to get to the perfect image we have created for them today. One in two hundred American women suffer from anorexia; two to three in one hundred American women suffer from bulimia. The media is the leading cause of eating disorders in young women today. It might not be noticeable to some, but society pushes for a certain image everywhere. Standing in the grocery line, one may look to the magazines to pass time until it is their turn to check out. Most magazines have a thin woman on the cover talking about anything from the latest fashion to diet workout plans. A modeling agency known by the name of Premier agency, says “Statistics have repeatedly shown that if you stick a beautiful skinny girl on the cover of a magazine, you sell more copies (Norton).” Placing skinny women in the spotlight makes girls who do not look like that feel unimportant, or as if they are not perfect because they do not have that figure. Not only does this affect the young women on how they compare themselves to these models, but it puts the idea out to society in general. To be a famous model, you must be six feet tall and weigh one hundred pounds. Obviously, not every woman is built this way, so they will do whatever it takes to meet these requirements even if that means not eating at all.
In the world today, the media makes it hard for a girl to be comfortable with her body. Society, in general, persuades young women to feel that any size above a two is too big. “In 1950, when televisions were first finding their way into homes, the media’s portrayal of “the ideal” female figure was drastically different than it is today. At that time, mannequins and models more or less reflected the average woman’s size. Mannequins and models have grown thinner by the year, increasingly desperate with the average women’s physical form (Radar).” Actresses and other famous women do not help with this belief that society has. This problem causes many young women to starve themselves to get to the perfect image we have created for them today. One in two hundred American women suffer from anorexia; two to three in one hundred American women suffer from bulimia. The media is the leading cause of eating disorders in young women today. It might not be noticeable to some, but society pushes for a certain image everywhere. Standing in the grocery line, one may look to the magazines to pass time until it is their turn to check out. Most magazines have a thin woman on the cover talking about anything from the latest fashion to diet workout plans. A modeling agency known by the name of Premier agency, says “Statistics have repeatedly shown that if you stick a beautiful skinny girl on the cover of a magazine, you sell more copies (Norton).” Placing skinny women in the spotlight makes girls who do not look like that feel unimportant, or as if they are not perfect because they do not have that figure. Not only does this affect the young women on how they compare themselves to these models, but it puts the idea out to society in general. To be a famous model, you must be six feet tall and weigh one hundred pounds. Obviously, not every woman is built this way, so they will do whatever it takes to meet these requirements even if that means not eating at all.