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    The Media’s Effect on Women’s Body Image September 1‚ 2010 While women have made significant strides in the past decades‚ the culture at large continues to place a great emphasis on how women look. These beauty standards‚ largely proliferated through the media‚ have drastic impacts on young women and their body images. Arielle Cutler ’11‚ through a Levitt grant‚ spent the summer evaluating the efficacy of media literacy programs as a remedy to this vicious cycle. Put simply‚ the beauty ideal

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    In this image from a 2013 photoshoot for Vogue Magazine‚ Marissa Mayer‚ backwardly sprawls across white chaise lounge chair while laying upside down. In her hand‚ an iPad-like tablet is depicted with an enhanced image of Mayer’s face displayed on it. Everything about her from her chair to her dress to her makeup is very angular and cutting edge‚ while the lawn background behind her is particularly organic and soft. Two vividly red flowers in pots stand on both sides of her as well. The dress she

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    Celebrities create such a negative image of body image towards today’s society‚ they show how they think everybody should look instead of having a positive impact and showing other people on magazines that are comfortable in their own body’s. For example‚ Ashley Graham shows a great body positivity toward herself showing off her thick thighs and many other attributes. She has shown the world that is ok to love yourself and be comfortable in the shape of your body no matter how heavy or how skinny

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    We live in a world surrounded by the media’s images of beauty and sexuality. As consumers of marketplace goods we are all to often influenced to purchase beautification items and or goods in order to accomplish an individual feeling within ourselves. That very feeling within ourselves it what is today considered self-image. In today’s culture the media’s projections of beauty serve as recommendations of what our bodies should look like in order to be considered sexy or beautiful. This has brought

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    Body image a big topic in today’s society. From advertising weight loss supplements to eating healthy and being fit‚ girls are always looking for ways to alter their body. Body image is spoken about all over the world‚ through books‚ television‚ movies‚ and art. Here are two paintings that talk about body image: The Girl Before a Mirror by Pablo Picasso and The Ionian Dance by Edward Poynter show two girls who look at their body images differently. As shown by the depiction of the girls’ bodies

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    Female Celebrity Body Image in the Media When you are a celebrity and constantly in the spotlight‚ body image is one of the various imperfections the media focuses on. When entering this particular profession‚ most of the time celebrities aren’t prepared for the constant harsh remarks from the tabloids. In some cases‚ celebrities often times develop depression or a disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. The rest of the population then sees how celebrities react to try to be what the media interoperates

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    can have a low self body image on women. The media concentrates so much on how thin women should be and there are so many advertisements with women who are very thin. Women begin to believe that they can never add up to the models shown in advertisements. This can lead to many eating disorders such as Bulimia‚ anorexia nervosa and overeating. These eating disorders are very serious and are usually caused by body image problems. Adolescents especially struggle with body image problems. They feel

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    women have the “ideal” body that is shown in the majority of advertisements. Girls don’t just simply decide to hate their bodies‚ we teach them to. The ideal body is a socially constructed concept which can be defined in many ways‚ all by different people. Regardless of which definition is used‚ it cannot be quantified and so it cannot be accurately compared. Body image is “the picture of our our own body which we form in our mind that is to say‚ the way in which the body appears to ourselves.” (Hogg

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    sent and received through media about prescriptions for women’s appearance are not often positive or constructive. The ideal image of women shown in movies‚ television‚ and magazines has become increasingly thinner …” (Choma‚ Foster‚ Radford). Since the media portrays the perfect woman as flawless creatures that everyone adores‚ they feel forced to duplicate the projected body type in order to receive the same attention. The several styles of media such as printing advertisements‚ television and music

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    Defining Beauty Written throughout the pages of modern magazines‚ lies the destruction and expulsion of girls’ self esteems. Women’s bodies sell everything from food to cars in a lust filled light. They are displayed all around the nation for other women and girls to look upon. Why are standards of beauty being imposed on women‚ the majority of whom are naturally larger and more mature than any of the models? The answer is economic. By tearing down the average woman’s confidence‚ they are

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