Your Face Your Fate Analysis

“Your face, your fate” is a statement that seems to be biased at the first glance, but it in fact applies to the current society. Physical appearance including outfits and body image has become a more virtue component on how people are judged in modern society. Make-up and clothing lessons are full of YouTube and sometimes the toughest problem in a day is to decide what to wear. People nowadays put too much stress on physical appearance that it becomes one of largest factors of eating-related health problems and poor performance in life.
The emphasize on physical appearance is the main reason contributing to eating disorders. Thin models occupy the covers of magazines, encouraging people to pursuit size zero body shape. Positive traits like self-discipline and fitness are associated with their slenderness. At the process of restless purchasing of ideal body shape, that is thinness nowadays, extreme methods are taken by people who wish to lose weight in a short period of time.

Since more attentions are paid on physical appearance, the poor performance is not surprising. More time are spent on concerning their body image. They spend more time on improving body image so that they can eventually achieve the “ideal” body image in media. This constant exposure to unattainable to ideal body image brings negative effects in the way that of increasing body dissatisfaction. The feeling of insecure and loss of confidence are thus created. Without confidence, one’s ability to perform well in study and work are limited. Students in Finland, America and China, who think they are not thin enough, regardless of their actual BMI, tend to have lower grades comparing to their classmates who are not worried about the problem (Meaghan Ramsey, 2014). It shows that low body satisfaction in fact is impeding students from achieving academic excellence. Therefore, over emphasizing on body image undermines people’s