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Media and Society
Men
The media affects what people think is
beautiful and what is not, by praising
specific traits on men and women in the
media. Often times when thinking about
struggling with body image we are
quick to assume that we are talking
about women. Although, men too, feel
insecure about themselves. According to
HealthyPlace.com, The American
Journal of Psychology notes male
incidences of eating disorders, such as
anorexia and bulimia, now account for
as much as 10% of all cases. Even
though this does affect women more, we
need to consider everyone in this matter.
The Effects of
Haley Perez
RWS 1301
insecurities.
They are
doing this by
photoshopping
models on
Children spend a lot of time on tablets and watching television nowadays
that they have even become
their ads to
targets for advertisers. According to the Center on Media and Child
Health,
make them when a young person
does not feel like his or her body meets societys image of perfection,
he or she can have a difficult
look flawless.
time developing a strong self-esteem. Not only do they have trouble
with
What theytheir self-esteem, later on in
life they may develop health issues such as eating disorders. Children
arentpay attention to all of the things
that go on around them, even when we think they arent. They pick
up on is
the images that are displayed
realizing
on television and they start to believe that they are lesser than thethe
person
effectonit television.
is
having on
men, women,
and children.
Children
References
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Women Contd
Only a very small percentage of
women in Western countries meet the
criteria the media uses to define
"beautiful" yet so many women are
repeatedly exposed to media images
that send the message that a woman is
not acceptable and attractive if she do
not match society's "ultra-thin"
standard of beauty said Dittmar &
Howard. Women all over feel as
though they arent good enough or
pretty enough or healthy enough, etc.