Analysis Of Negative Body Image

While growing up in the 21st century something that has always stood out to me is how unconfident people are with their bodies. Everywhere we look there are people telling us how to live our lives and how perfect they could be if we were different. Multiple industries throughout America let us know how we are suppose to be. Such as the model industry who show us that slimmer people are more beautiful and confident than everyone else. Even the social media industry shows us how we can achieve the perfect image, but little do we know in order to get the ‘perfect’ image many people have to look over it in order to make it meet certain criteria by using different photo editing systems. Even people who we surround ourselves with through the

Everyday new magazines, and pictures come out that portray the bodies of models and such that have unrealistic bodies. In the book Negative Body Image the author states, “....a 1995 study found that after just 3 minutes of looking at a fashion magazine, 70 percent of women interviewed felt depressed and guilty” (Willett 22). Even magazines portray a negative body image. Looking at girls/ women that are slim and full of makeup we believe are the perfect women. These women are not healthy and people should not believe that this is the way that they should be. In the book Negative Body Image the author states, “Most women do not look like runway models! It is dangerous to think that these women are the norm” (Willett 12). Models spent countless hours in the gym a week in order to look the way they do. They also eat either very, very healthy or possibly very little food at all. The beauty and social media industries are constantly telling us how to live our lives and how we can become perfect. In the book Negative Body Image the author states, “You can’t get away from seeing females and males who either look like or actually are fashion models, starring you down making you feel less than perfect” (Willett 19). Whenever people pull out our phones or a magazine, they are constantly called to attention about the people that are on the screens or the papers. Someone should

If we continue to put people down then they will cause themselves more harm than good. People need to feel comfortable and reach out to others if they desperately need help. In the article When the Mirror Doesn’t Reflect Reality the author states, “Traditionally, psychologist and psychiatrists have used a combination of behavioral therapy and medication to treat the disorder” (Lagnado). Psychologist and psychiatrists know how to help people through these things, they are educationally trained to help others with their issues. Reaching out is not a bad thing, reaching out is knowing that one needs help with what they going through and it’s nothing to be ashamed of. Some people don’t know how to fix the body image issue. In the article Thinspo’ Blogs and the Darker side of Teen Social Media the author states, “I do not have a solution to the body-image issue that seems to plague adolescents, but I know that small steps society can move in the right direction” (Dodge). There’s not much people can do to solve these issues. Society can take small measures to be sure that we decrease negative body image, such as decreasing the amount of publicity put on models. Creating groups for people who want to get help but prefer to be in a larger setting instead of alone, the impact could be amazing. Hearing that other people have the same