Perfect Body Image

I Am What I See It is tragic the way today’s culture has become so obsessed with having a perfect body type. The ironic thing is the ideal image presented in the media is actually considered unhealthy for many. Why should we, I say we to associate myself with common middle-class American, aspire to be a certain size and shape just because it is commonly shown on TV or the internet, especially when it is considered unhealthy? The only reasonable explanation for this crave of having the perfect body that I can come up with, is the hypnotic enslavement of trying to live a grander lifestyle. Most of the media advertisements concerning fashion and other material possessions are intertwined with the lavishing lifestyles of celebrities or, more specifically, models. It is the common, middle-class American that is exposed to a “greater” lifestyle through advertisements I.e. commercials, posters, and billboards. In order to feel the empowerment of this superior lifestyle one must try and duplicate the lives of the celebrities and the
It could promote good exercise and healthy eating. However, if the viewer strives to become like certain celebrities and models in the media, it is important that the examples are in good health. If the model is emaciated then, the audience is now on a collision course with bad health. And along with extremely small sizes, comes bad health practices to reach those sizes. As I look at the United States I see two responses in particular to the common use of models who are really thin. One has been the yearning to reach those size zeros by any means necessary, which has led to various eating disorders. The other response is more evident, and that is a certain rebellion against the smaller size. As some numbers show the United States has a increasing number of obesities, I believe that can be somewhat attributed to the skinnier persons portrayed in