How many times a day do you truly believe you are beautiful? According to Women’s Health, Korin Miller, “a whopping 96% of today’s teens said that they wouldn’t use the word beautiful to describe themselves”. Instead, many girls compare themselves to famous models on social media, the pin-up girls with the thigh gaps and flat stomachs: you know the type I’m talking about.
Society has indoctrinated us to believe that we need to look like the overly sexualised, tall, curvy, slim cover girls and runway models in order to be validated as a beautiful woman. The beauty industry has depicted models as flawless human beings to promote their clothing and makeup products, but in actual fact the images we see on our screens are fake.
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This causes life-threatening problems, psychologically and physically, as we are constantly comparing ourselves to others. Being taught all our lives that to be beautiful is to look a certain way has made many teenagers feel unsatisfied with the way we appear.
The National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) states, an outrageous “9% of Australia’s population is affected by eating disorders”. That is approximately 2 million people out of Australia’s population that have either anorexia or bulimia. OMG, isn’t that crazy!
Both of these disorders come with harmful effects that damage not only your body but your mind. Let’s not forget how difficult it is for the people around us too. Eating Disorders Victoria recognise these points as common effects of having an eating disorder:
• Heart failure = death
• Endocrine disorder
• Osteoporosis
• Reduced
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If eating disorders are so incredibly destructive, why are they so common in contemporary society? Well, I believe it stems from a variety of contributors. Body awareness starts from when we are very young.
Eloise King, editor of the website, Body+Soul; recorded that, “97% of women will say something negative about their body every day”. Now imagine growing up with influential women around you saying negative things about their appearance. Children learn things like a sponge soaks up water…and then they copy it.
Media is also at fault. Everyone in this generation grows up surrounded by movies, and TV shows. The female protagonist that we think is badass and sooo cool, seem to be always portrayed by sexy, seductive, and stick thin female women.
Little girls look back at their own yet to be developed bodies and think “why don’t I look like that?”
Females who are brought up unhappy about their appearance look for an easy and quick way to get thin. They then believe they only have two choices: starve themselves, or pig out on food and then spew it back up when no one’s looking.
THEY ARE TOTALLY WRONG! You do not need to change the way you look to satisfy someone or their standards. If they truly like you for you, you shouldn’t need to change the way you look. Your beauty is