“Did you see her nose job?!” Teenage girls today are able to have surgery on just about anything that they may not like on their body. From boob jobs to lip injections you can get almost anything fixed for the right price. Teens are so concerned about their own looks and everybody else’s looks that they are willing to pay just about anything for the right change. Body image is sweeping the nation fast; it is becoming one of the most widely discussed topics in the media. Body image concerns is caused by media and peer pressure which affects a majority of teenage girls today as shown through higher than average diagnosis’s of anorexia and bulimia which lead to numerous health problems that can be avoided.
Body image is a very serious issue for teenage girls mainly. Although, many people don’t understand that body image is all psychological, meaning it is in their mind and that they are just mentally imagining their body looking different than it really looks. This kind of thinking can also lead to some strong dangerous emotions, leading to a very dangerous addiction. Body image can start anywhere from being insecure on how a person might look and feel or even just in the home where their parents may be criticizing them on how they look or even if anyone in their household is experiencing body image issues.
Girls usually start getting concerned on how their bodies are looking when they reach the high school level. There is so much peer pressure that is going on. If their peers and friends are looking great then they are going to want to look that way to. The media is not helping with this issue at all; they pay billions of dollars a year to make people feel bad about themselves. Magazines are where most teenage girls get the resources from; supermodels and actresses are a huge influence on how girls want to look today. Teenagers usually do not understand that these magazine companies are using computers to crop and use photo shop to edit a photo to look completely different. The companies advertising only care about how much of the product they can sell to their audience not the effect that the ad might have on them. This has taken a huge toll on how younger girls are looking at and judging themselves.
Body image gets people thinking on what they could change to make them look better, and the first thing that people usually result to is surgery. Surgery is one of the highest ranked problem solvers, for someone that wants to change something about their self. Surgery also comes with many risks, some examples are swelling of the body, complications with medication they have been given and infections that might occur after the surgery is over. There are also certain activities that one cannot participate in while the healing process is in effect, this way the stitches can heal and your body has time to adjust to the change. Although plastic surgery risks are small and complications with it are less than one half percent surgeries are still very risky, especially for a high school student.
Anorexia and Bulimia are also some harmful illnesses that people come across when they are worried about how they look. These are the more common illnesses for a teenager, because they are easy to cover up. Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. These people have a serious fear of gaining weight; anorexia causes people to not want to eat in public and not eat large amounts of food in one helping. People with this disease can start to hear voices in their head and they usually give this voice an identity, its own name. It is the most deadly of all the psychological disorders. On average a person is suppose to consume 2,500 calories a day a person who is anorexic consumes around 150 calories a day. Bulimia is also a dangerous eating disorder where people binge followed by purging. This disorder is usually a response to depression, stress or self esteem issues, usually the individual will experience loss of control over their own body. These two eating disorders are very unsafe, unhealthy and can lead to death. These eating disorders are usually very addicting once they have been formed they are not easy to stop the habit on binging, purging, or not eating regular meals.
Having issues with body image can also be prevented. Someone that is insecure about how their body looks may diet regularly and avoid eating. They may not know that skipping meals is no help to them at all, it just ends up slowing down your metabolism and your body absorbs more calories than they would have originally taken in. Some other ways that they can keep from gaining weight and keep their body healthy is eating three meals a day, especially breakfast also known as the most important meal of the day- because that is the meal that gives you energy for the whole day. Drinking at least sixty-four ounces of water a day is also very helpful and healthy this will keep a person hydrated while avoiding caffeine and alcohol. Taking a multi vitamin daily will make sure you are getting all your vitamins that you need for the day. Teenagers should also make sure they are exercising daily, to speed up their metabolism which will also keep them in shape.
There are many ways to prevent people from viewing their bodies in negative ways. Staying healthy is just one of them, and plastic surgery is just a way of covering up their possible flaws that they do not want people to notice. Hopefully in the future body image around the high school level will not be such a big deal. Teenagers already have a lot of things to worry about at that age and self appearance shouldn’t be one of them.
Work Cited Page
Witmer, Denis. “Parenting of Adolescents.” Does your daughter have a healthy body image?
Valeso, Bryan. “Teen girls diets.” The body image antidote for teenage girls 2007, 36
Monday, February 25, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
Body Image: Assignment 2 Part 3
“Did you see her nose job?!” Teenage girls today are able to have surgery on just about anything that they may not like on their body. From boob jobs to lip injections you can get anything fixed for the right price. Teens are so concerned about their own and everybody else’s looks that they are willing to pay just about anything. Body image is sweeping the nation fast; it is becoming one of the most widely discussed topics in the media. Body image concerns caused by media and peer pressure affect a majority of teenage girls as shown through higher than average diagnosis’s of anorexia and bulimia which lead to numerous health problems that can be avoided. .
Body image is a very serious issue for some people although it is all psychological meaning it is in the mind, they are just imagining their body looking different then it really is; it can become a very dangerous addiction. Body image can start anywhere from being insecure on how a person might look or even just in the home where their parents are telling them that they do not look good. Surgery is one of the highest ranked problem solvers, if someone wanted to change something about their self. Surgery also comes with many risks, some examples are swelling of the body, complications with medication they have been given and infections that might occur after the surgery is over. There are also certain activities that one cannot participate in while the healing process is in effect, this way the stitches can heal and your body has time to adjust to the change. Although plastic surgery risks are small and complications with it are less than one half percent surgeries are still very risky.
Girls usually start getting concerned on how their bodies are looking when they reach the high school level. There is so much peer pressure that is going on. If their peers and friends are looking great then they are going to want to look that way to. The media is not helping with this issue at all; they pay billions of dollars a year to make people feel bad about themselves. Magazines are where most teenagers get the resources from though; supermodels and actresses are a huge influence on how girls want to look today. Teenagers usually do not understand that these magazine companies are using computers to crop and use photo shop to edit a photo to look completely different. This has taken a huge toll on how younger girls are looking at themselves.
Anorexia and Bulimia are also some harmful illnesses that people come across when they are worried about how they look. Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. These people have a serious fear of gaining weight; anorexia causes people to not want to eat in public and not eat large amounts of food in one helping. People with this disease can start to hear voices in their head and they usually give this voice an identity, its own name. It is the most deadly of all the psychological disorders. On average a person is suppose to consume 2,500 calories a day a person who is anorexic consumes around 150 calories a day. Bulimia is also a dangerous eating disorder where people binge followed by purging. This disorder is usually a response to depression, stress or self esteem issues, usually the individual will experience loss of control over their own body. These two eating disorders are very unsafe, unhealthy and can lead to death. These eating disorders are usually very addicting once they have been formed they are not easy to stop the habit on binging, purging, or not eating regular meals.
Having issues with body image can also be prevented. Someone that is insecure about how their body looks may diet regularly and avoid eating. They may not know that skipping meals is no help to them at all, it just ends up slowing down your metabolism and your body absorbs more calories than they would have originally taken in. Some other ways that they can keep from gaining weight and keep their body healthy is eating three meals a day, especially breakfast also known as the most important meal of the day- because that is the meal that gives you energy for the whole day. Drinking at least sixty-four ounces of water a day is also very helpful and healthy this will keep a person hydrated while avoiding caffeine and alcohol. Taking a multi vitamin daily will make sure you are getting all your vitamins that you need for the day. Teenagers should also make sure they are exercising daily, to speed up their metabolism which will also keep them in shape.
There are many ways to prevent people from viewing their bodies in negative ways. Staying healthy is just one of them, and plastic surgery is just a way of covering up their possible flaws that they do not want people to notice. Hopefully in the future body image around the high school level will not be such a big deal. Teenagers already have a lot of things to worry about at that age and self appearance shouldn’t be one of them.
Work Cited Page
Witmer, Denis. “Parenting of Adolescents.” Does your daughter have a healthy body image?
Valeso, Bryan. “Teen girls diets.” The body image antidote for teenage girls 2007, 36
Body image is a very serious issue for some people although it is all psychological meaning it is in the mind, they are just imagining their body looking different then it really is; it can become a very dangerous addiction. Body image can start anywhere from being insecure on how a person might look or even just in the home where their parents are telling them that they do not look good. Surgery is one of the highest ranked problem solvers, if someone wanted to change something about their self. Surgery also comes with many risks, some examples are swelling of the body, complications with medication they have been given and infections that might occur after the surgery is over. There are also certain activities that one cannot participate in while the healing process is in effect, this way the stitches can heal and your body has time to adjust to the change. Although plastic surgery risks are small and complications with it are less than one half percent surgeries are still very risky.
Girls usually start getting concerned on how their bodies are looking when they reach the high school level. There is so much peer pressure that is going on. If their peers and friends are looking great then they are going to want to look that way to. The media is not helping with this issue at all; they pay billions of dollars a year to make people feel bad about themselves. Magazines are where most teenagers get the resources from though; supermodels and actresses are a huge influence on how girls want to look today. Teenagers usually do not understand that these magazine companies are using computers to crop and use photo shop to edit a photo to look completely different. This has taken a huge toll on how younger girls are looking at themselves.
Anorexia and Bulimia are also some harmful illnesses that people come across when they are worried about how they look. Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. These people have a serious fear of gaining weight; anorexia causes people to not want to eat in public and not eat large amounts of food in one helping. People with this disease can start to hear voices in their head and they usually give this voice an identity, its own name. It is the most deadly of all the psychological disorders. On average a person is suppose to consume 2,500 calories a day a person who is anorexic consumes around 150 calories a day. Bulimia is also a dangerous eating disorder where people binge followed by purging. This disorder is usually a response to depression, stress or self esteem issues, usually the individual will experience loss of control over their own body. These two eating disorders are very unsafe, unhealthy and can lead to death. These eating disorders are usually very addicting once they have been formed they are not easy to stop the habit on binging, purging, or not eating regular meals.
Having issues with body image can also be prevented. Someone that is insecure about how their body looks may diet regularly and avoid eating. They may not know that skipping meals is no help to them at all, it just ends up slowing down your metabolism and your body absorbs more calories than they would have originally taken in. Some other ways that they can keep from gaining weight and keep their body healthy is eating three meals a day, especially breakfast also known as the most important meal of the day- because that is the meal that gives you energy for the whole day. Drinking at least sixty-four ounces of water a day is also very helpful and healthy this will keep a person hydrated while avoiding caffeine and alcohol. Taking a multi vitamin daily will make sure you are getting all your vitamins that you need for the day. Teenagers should also make sure they are exercising daily, to speed up their metabolism which will also keep them in shape.
There are many ways to prevent people from viewing their bodies in negative ways. Staying healthy is just one of them, and plastic surgery is just a way of covering up their possible flaws that they do not want people to notice. Hopefully in the future body image around the high school level will not be such a big deal. Teenagers already have a lot of things to worry about at that age and self appearance shouldn’t be one of them.
Work Cited Page
Witmer, Denis. “Parenting of Adolescents.” Does your daughter have a healthy body image?
Valeso, Bryan. “Teen girls diets.” The body image antidote for teenage girls 2007, 36
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Assignment 2 Part 2 Body Image
“Did you see her nose job?!” Teenagers today are able to have surgery on just about anything that they may not like on their body. From boob jobs to lip injections you can get anything fixed for the right price. Teens are so concerned about their looks that they are willing to pay just about anything. Body image is sweeping the nation fast; it is becoming one of the most widely discussed topics in the media. Body image concerns a majority of high school students. The reason for this study is to argue why it affects students at such a young age explain ways to possibly prevent it from occurring.
Body image is a very serious thing for some people; it can become a very dangerous addiction. Body image can start anywhere from being insecure on how a person might look or even just in the home where their parents are telling them that they do not look good. Surgery is one of the highest ranked problem solvers, if someone wanted to change something about their self. Surgery also comes with many risks, some examples are swelling of the body, complications with medication they have been given and infections that might occur after the surgery is over. There is also certain activities that one cannot participate in while the healing process is in effect, this way the stitches can heal and your body has time to adjust to the change. Although plastic surgery risks are small and complications with it are less than one half percent surgeries are still very risky.
Anorexia and Bulimia are also some harmful illnesses that people come across when they are worried about how they look. Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. These people have a serious fear of gaining weight; anorexia causes people to not want to eat in public and not eat large amounts of food in one helping. People with this disease can start to hear voices in their head and they usually give this voice an identity, its own name. It is the most deadly of all the psychological disorders. On average a person is suppose to consume 2,500 calories a day a person who is anorexic consumes around 150 calories a day. Bulimia is also a dangerous eating disorder where people binge followed by purging. This disorder is usually a response to depression, stress or self esteem issues, usually the individual will experience loss of control over their own body. These two eating disorders are very unsafe, unhealthy and can lead to death. These eating disorders are usually very addicting once they have been formed and they are not easy to stop the habit on binging, purging, or not eating regular meals.
Having issues with boy image can also be prevented. Someone that is insecure about how their body looks may diet regularly and avoid eating. They may not know that skipping meals is no help to them at all, it just ends up slowing down your metabolism and your body absorbs more calories. Some other ways they can keep from gaining weight and keep their body healthy is eating three meals a day, especially breakfast because that is the meal that gives you energy for the day. Drinking at least sixty-four ounces of water a day is also very helpful this will keep a person hydrated while avoiding caffeine and alcohol. Taking a multi vitamin daily will make sure you are getting all your vitamins that you need for the day. Teenagers should also make sure they are exercising daily, to speed up their metabolism which will also keep them in shape.
There are many ways to prevent people from viewing their bodies in negative ways. Staying healthy is just one of them, and plastic surgery is just a way of covering up their possible flaws that they do not want people to notice. Hopefully in the future body image around the high school level will not be such a big deal. Teenagers already have a lot of things to worry about at that age and self appearance shouldn’t be one of them.
Body image is a very serious thing for some people; it can become a very dangerous addiction. Body image can start anywhere from being insecure on how a person might look or even just in the home where their parents are telling them that they do not look good. Surgery is one of the highest ranked problem solvers, if someone wanted to change something about their self. Surgery also comes with many risks, some examples are swelling of the body, complications with medication they have been given and infections that might occur after the surgery is over. There is also certain activities that one cannot participate in while the healing process is in effect, this way the stitches can heal and your body has time to adjust to the change. Although plastic surgery risks are small and complications with it are less than one half percent surgeries are still very risky.
Anorexia and Bulimia are also some harmful illnesses that people come across when they are worried about how they look. Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. These people have a serious fear of gaining weight; anorexia causes people to not want to eat in public and not eat large amounts of food in one helping. People with this disease can start to hear voices in their head and they usually give this voice an identity, its own name. It is the most deadly of all the psychological disorders. On average a person is suppose to consume 2,500 calories a day a person who is anorexic consumes around 150 calories a day. Bulimia is also a dangerous eating disorder where people binge followed by purging. This disorder is usually a response to depression, stress or self esteem issues, usually the individual will experience loss of control over their own body. These two eating disorders are very unsafe, unhealthy and can lead to death. These eating disorders are usually very addicting once they have been formed and they are not easy to stop the habit on binging, purging, or not eating regular meals.
Having issues with boy image can also be prevented. Someone that is insecure about how their body looks may diet regularly and avoid eating. They may not know that skipping meals is no help to them at all, it just ends up slowing down your metabolism and your body absorbs more calories. Some other ways they can keep from gaining weight and keep their body healthy is eating three meals a day, especially breakfast because that is the meal that gives you energy for the day. Drinking at least sixty-four ounces of water a day is also very helpful this will keep a person hydrated while avoiding caffeine and alcohol. Taking a multi vitamin daily will make sure you are getting all your vitamins that you need for the day. Teenagers should also make sure they are exercising daily, to speed up their metabolism which will also keep them in shape.
There are many ways to prevent people from viewing their bodies in negative ways. Staying healthy is just one of them, and plastic surgery is just a way of covering up their possible flaws that they do not want people to notice. Hopefully in the future body image around the high school level will not be such a big deal. Teenagers already have a lot of things to worry about at that age and self appearance shouldn’t be one of them.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Assignment 2 Part 1: Body Image
“Did you see her nose job?!” Teenagers today are able to have surgery on just about anything that they may not like on their body. From boob jobs to lip injections you can get anything fixed for the right price. Teens are so concerned about their looks that they are willing to pay just about anything. Body image is sweeping the nation fast; it is becoming one of the most widely discussed topics in the media. Body image concerns a majority of high school students. The reason for this study is to identify why it affects students at such a young age and ways to possibly prevent it from occurring.
Body image is a very serious thing for some people; it can become a very dangerous addiction. Body image can start anywhere from being insecure on how a person might look or even just in the home where their parents are telling them that they do not look good. Surgery is one of the highest ranked problem solvers, if someone wanted to change something about their self. Surgery also comes with many risks, some examples are swelling of the body, complications with medication they have been given and infections that might occur after the surgery is over. There is also certain activities that one cannot participate in while the healing process is in effect, this way the stitches can heal and your body has time to adjust to the change. Although plastic surgery risks are small and complications with it are less than one half percent surgeries are still very risky.
Anorexia and Bulimia are also some harmful illnesses that people come across when they are worried about how they look. Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. These people have a serious fear of gaining weight; anorexia causes people to not want to eat in public and not eat large amounts of food in one helping. Bulimia is also a dangerous eating disorder where people binge followed by purging. This disorder is usually a response to depression, stress or self esteem issues, usually the individual will experience loss of control over their own body. These two eating disorders are very unsafe, unhealthy and can lead to death. These eating disorders are usually very addicting once they have been formed and they are not easy to stop the habit on binging, purging, or not eating regular meals.
Having issues with boy image can also be prevented. Someone that is insecure about how their body looks may diet regularly and avoid eating. They may not know that skipping meals is no help to them at all, it just ends up slowing down your metabolism and your body absorbs more calories. Some other ways they can keep from gaining weight and keep their body healthy is eating three meals a day, especially breakfast because that is the meal that gives you energy for the day. Drinking at least sixty-four ounces of water a day is also very helpful this will keep a person hydrated while avoiding caffeine and alcohol. Taking a multi vitamin daily will make sure you are getting all your vitamins that you need for the day. Teenagers should also make sure they are exercising daily, to speed up their metabolism which will also keep them in shape.
There are many ways to prevent people from viewing their bodies in negative ways. Staying healthy is just one of them, and plastic surgery is just a way of covering up their possible flaws that they do not want people to notice. Hopefully in the future body image around the high school level will not be such a big deal. Teenagers already have a lot of things to worry about at that age and self appearance shouldn’t be one of them.
Body image is a very serious thing for some people; it can become a very dangerous addiction. Body image can start anywhere from being insecure on how a person might look or even just in the home where their parents are telling them that they do not look good. Surgery is one of the highest ranked problem solvers, if someone wanted to change something about their self. Surgery also comes with many risks, some examples are swelling of the body, complications with medication they have been given and infections that might occur after the surgery is over. There is also certain activities that one cannot participate in while the healing process is in effect, this way the stitches can heal and your body has time to adjust to the change. Although plastic surgery risks are small and complications with it are less than one half percent surgeries are still very risky.
Anorexia and Bulimia are also some harmful illnesses that people come across when they are worried about how they look. Anorexia is an eating disorder where people starve themselves. These people have a serious fear of gaining weight; anorexia causes people to not want to eat in public and not eat large amounts of food in one helping. Bulimia is also a dangerous eating disorder where people binge followed by purging. This disorder is usually a response to depression, stress or self esteem issues, usually the individual will experience loss of control over their own body. These two eating disorders are very unsafe, unhealthy and can lead to death. These eating disorders are usually very addicting once they have been formed and they are not easy to stop the habit on binging, purging, or not eating regular meals.
Having issues with boy image can also be prevented. Someone that is insecure about how their body looks may diet regularly and avoid eating. They may not know that skipping meals is no help to them at all, it just ends up slowing down your metabolism and your body absorbs more calories. Some other ways they can keep from gaining weight and keep their body healthy is eating three meals a day, especially breakfast because that is the meal that gives you energy for the day. Drinking at least sixty-four ounces of water a day is also very helpful this will keep a person hydrated while avoiding caffeine and alcohol. Taking a multi vitamin daily will make sure you are getting all your vitamins that you need for the day. Teenagers should also make sure they are exercising daily, to speed up their metabolism which will also keep them in shape.
There are many ways to prevent people from viewing their bodies in negative ways. Staying healthy is just one of them, and plastic surgery is just a way of covering up their possible flaws that they do not want people to notice. Hopefully in the future body image around the high school level will not be such a big deal. Teenagers already have a lot of things to worry about at that age and self appearance shouldn’t be one of them.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Body Image: Part 5
Body image is becoming a huge issue today with younger girls around the high school level. They are becoming more interested in what models in the magazine and ads look like and they want to look and come off as just like them. Mass communication is a broad field of study that is used in everyday life. Mass media is commonly seen in the news, from reporters and in newspapers- updating you on what is going on around the area. The most commonly known part of mass communication is advertising. Advertising is seen everywhere from commercials to magazines, billboards and now even on cars, for example the Red Bull truck. Advertising has a lot of positive and negative effects to it, but, the main issue that is being discussed a lot more often that has to do with advertising is body image. Body image is how people view themselves and others on a daily basis; it has to do a lot with judging others or even themselves. This is becoming a bigger issue towards teenage girls that are entering the high school level or in high school already. This is because they are trying to find the “in look” for themselves and these models in magazines are how they find it. Models are becoming role models to teenagers and they don’t even realize it.
My feelings on body image are very strong. I feel as if girls rely too much on others to figure out what they want or think they need to look like. Magazines and ads always have very beautiful models; they do this because they know it will help them sell their product better because the models catch the reader’s attention by their looks. I feel in a teenage magazine, for example, Teen People or YM, girls aren’t reading to look at ads they are reading to find out what is cool and in for the upcoming season. Teenagers already have enough stress in their lives at that age, whose dating who, who they will go with to homecoming, keeping their grades high enough that they will please their parents and that’s just a few things. The last thing they should be worrying about is their weight, or how pretty they need to be. Everybody wants to be in the popular crowd at school, but making yourself sick just to be that person usually isn’t flattering to many. Today big role models to high school aged girls are Lindsey Lohan and Mary Kate Olsen. Look at these girls now, they are anorexic, sick and even out of control of their own bodies. I am sure that some of the girls that look up to these young stars might be losing weight, coloring their hair, getting tattoos and piercings, because they think this is what other people want them to look like. But what they don’t see is how people really don’t fine these things attractive.
What is it that makes people judge others on how they look? How do they determine if someone doesn’t look good enough in what they are wearing or how big someone is when obesity might run in their family? I just feel that you can’t judge someone without knowing anything about them. An example of body image happened recently at the University of South Dakota with the cheerleading and dance teams that advertise the coyote logo on their uniforms. Someone that works for the university mentioned to their coaches that they would not be able to wear their uniforms anymore if some of the girls didn’t lose a little weight. When they were told this of course it affected the squad as a whole because they couldn’t just point out the girls that they were directing these comments towards because that would be very upsetting to them and discouraging to hear.
There could be opposite view points on the topic body image. Some people may think that magazines don’t affect the way that girls look themselves. Others may say that Lindsey Lohan and Mary Kate Olson might have no affect on the younger crowd or that the University of South Dakota told the cheerleaders and dancers that they need to lose weight because there is a lot of people that look up to them; a lot of younger girls that may want to be just like them someday are watching them and they need to present themselves in a clean manner. These are all good opposite viewings of body image because all of these points are very strong as well.
Body image is a problem that is just becoming worse over the years and it would be an excellent problem to clean up because there would be a lot less illness and deaths from illnesses of people becoming anorexic or bulimic and a lot less self-esteem issues as well. Body image could be cured by people just starting to respect themselves and others in public and at home. No one needs to be compared to “Americas Next Top Model” everyone is beautiful in their own way. Even stars in magazines think they need to lose weight because one of the competitors in smaller then they are, which isn’t setting a good example for the younger crowd. Hopefully in a few years body image will not be such a large social problem, and we can start to cure it.
My feelings on body image are very strong. I feel as if girls rely too much on others to figure out what they want or think they need to look like. Magazines and ads always have very beautiful models; they do this because they know it will help them sell their product better because the models catch the reader’s attention by their looks. I feel in a teenage magazine, for example, Teen People or YM, girls aren’t reading to look at ads they are reading to find out what is cool and in for the upcoming season. Teenagers already have enough stress in their lives at that age, whose dating who, who they will go with to homecoming, keeping their grades high enough that they will please their parents and that’s just a few things. The last thing they should be worrying about is their weight, or how pretty they need to be. Everybody wants to be in the popular crowd at school, but making yourself sick just to be that person usually isn’t flattering to many. Today big role models to high school aged girls are Lindsey Lohan and Mary Kate Olsen. Look at these girls now, they are anorexic, sick and even out of control of their own bodies. I am sure that some of the girls that look up to these young stars might be losing weight, coloring their hair, getting tattoos and piercings, because they think this is what other people want them to look like. But what they don’t see is how people really don’t fine these things attractive.
What is it that makes people judge others on how they look? How do they determine if someone doesn’t look good enough in what they are wearing or how big someone is when obesity might run in their family? I just feel that you can’t judge someone without knowing anything about them. An example of body image happened recently at the University of South Dakota with the cheerleading and dance teams that advertise the coyote logo on their uniforms. Someone that works for the university mentioned to their coaches that they would not be able to wear their uniforms anymore if some of the girls didn’t lose a little weight. When they were told this of course it affected the squad as a whole because they couldn’t just point out the girls that they were directing these comments towards because that would be very upsetting to them and discouraging to hear.
There could be opposite view points on the topic body image. Some people may think that magazines don’t affect the way that girls look themselves. Others may say that Lindsey Lohan and Mary Kate Olson might have no affect on the younger crowd or that the University of South Dakota told the cheerleaders and dancers that they need to lose weight because there is a lot of people that look up to them; a lot of younger girls that may want to be just like them someday are watching them and they need to present themselves in a clean manner. These are all good opposite viewings of body image because all of these points are very strong as well.
Body image is a problem that is just becoming worse over the years and it would be an excellent problem to clean up because there would be a lot less illness and deaths from illnesses of people becoming anorexic or bulimic and a lot less self-esteem issues as well. Body image could be cured by people just starting to respect themselves and others in public and at home. No one needs to be compared to “Americas Next Top Model” everyone is beautiful in their own way. Even stars in magazines think they need to lose weight because one of the competitors in smaller then they are, which isn’t setting a good example for the younger crowd. Hopefully in a few years body image will not be such a large social problem, and we can start to cure it.
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