womens body image

Women’s body image When you look in the mirror what do you see. Well for most women in today’s society all they see is shame. They hate the way there body’s look and can’t even stand to look in the mirror. It shouldn’t be that way women of all shapes and sizes should not feel they will be judged or persecuted on their size because, all sizes are beautiful. Day after day women feel terrible about themselves based purely on their weight and body shape. And to first get to the root of the problem we have to ask ourselves, why? And the answer is media; day after day from the time we can comprehend images we are berated with pictures on television, in magazines, on bill boards of women who are seemingly flawless. These in most cases portray an unattainable image for women of all ages to reach. It’s a sad fact but true that most young girls as young as seven are unhappy with the way they look. (Use quote or evidence) As a teenage girl in today’s society I can completely relate to these feelings of inadequacy and disgust with one body. Because you feel that you will never be as skinny or pretty as the girls you seen on screen or in print and you just can’t help but feel frustrated.
While these statics are astounding and shocking to say the least the cold hard truth is that they are all real. And should not be taken lightly, I know as a young girl I would never want my future daughter to feel the same way I do about myself at time I would want her to love herself and not compare herself to others. But based on these facts there is a very real possibility of girls in the years to come to have more body image issues than ever before. While you should always strive to be healthy you should never strive to be anything but the best you can be. “I think comparing ourselves to others and having negative self-talk is a really bad habit that’s hard to break” (Green). This is what I believe is one of the biggest problems for women who have body image issues is getting out or