Many people around the world use social media,such as Snapchat,Instagram,Facebook,Twitter, and many others. Using those kind of social apps can cause many effects in your life that people around the world may not know.Beauty standards can cause risks, ,instead of allowing the beauty of another woman or another man to become socially acceptable, people should always be aware of the harm people can cause to others. Beauty standards can cause risks., ,instead of allowing the beauty of another woman or another man to become socially acceptable, people should always be aware of the harm people can cause to others. It had been documented that children as young as three years old begin to realize that they are different than everyone else (Hamilton,Parrish). …show more content…
Also looking at others and realizing you do not look like others can cause people to think about their body image in general. There is negative body image and positive body image, both sides have pros and cons now i'm going to explain both of those sides to you. Negative body image,and eating disturbance were studied over the years. Girls/women tend to care how much they weigh, or how they look to others. Especially on social media being the main sources of body shaming and how others look around the world. People who believe in negative body image have a greater likelihood of developing an eating disorder and more likely to suffer from feelings of depression. Women are fifty percent more likely to to say something negative rather than saying something positive about themselves in general rather than saying something positive about themselves on social media (B.S, Danicalo). Negative body image can make many people feel ashamed of how they look also being self conscious,feeling uncomfortable and awkward in your own body is also negative body image. Another sign of negative body image is thinking that you look fat ,feeling like you're not pretty enough or muscular …show more content…
Other say nasty mean things on social media and it causes damage to the ones that are being basically bullied on social media. The media is very powerful with it’s words and what type of people are on social media counts also. With they type of comments people make on one another’s pictures can be very cruel. Choosing a social media that does not make anyone feel bad about how he or she looks. Avoiding social sites,magazines and shows that say anyone in general needs to change their appearance. Studies show that at Stanford seventy percent of college women say they feel worse about their own looks after reading women’s magazines. (BI,Cruz). Children who spend more time on the internet worry a lot more about how they look. Body image does not just happen, it is something that is influenced by many factors including parents,peers and social