In the American culture, there is a high rate of girls who are pressured to have “perfect” bodies. The standards of body shapes are established through the media and society. These are two of the many known causes that change or influence a girl’s image. Several studies indicate that being influenced to be thin can tremendously effect an adolescent’s well-being and lead to body image disturbance, eating disorders and low self- esteem.
One of the main concepts that pressures girls to want to attain the "ideal" body shape would be from social circles within society including family, friends, peers and teachers. Researchers and expert medical editor, D’Arcy Lyness display reliable information that show how social surroundings can impact young …show more content…
The author believes direct remarks made about adolescent’s bodies from parents and siblings can cause girls to question their looks and generate negative feelings (Loewen). Parents can also compare their kids to other kids and often their siblings (“you should be skinny like your sister”). Hurtful comments made about a girl’s image or weight can remain for a lifetime.
The enormous pressure from friends play a role in body image disturbances as they would feel their bodies should look a certain way. It is stated that ideal body image occurs through discussions among their friends, “as children get older, the influence of family declines and the influence of friends increases” (Loewen, 7). Talks about being “fat” is an expression for girls to “express their anxieties over being preventing, or overcoming "fat" (Loewen, 5). It is common for young girls to display the importance of their appearance and attractiveness.
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The authors publish their research in their book,” Does Media Type Matter? The Role of Identification in Adolescent Girls’ Media Consumption and the Impact of Different Thin- Ideal Media on Body Image”. It is questioned which type of media causes girls to be more insecure. Media images can be found in magazines on billboards, commercials and ads. After producing their own research, they found that magazines out of all the media images cause girls to develop low self-esteem, “magazine use was more strongly associated with body dissatisfaction than TV use” (Bell and Dittmar, 481). It is stated in their research that media has evolved; rapid growth of new forms of technology would give access of media images to adolescents, “The mass media is constantly changing and evolving, over the last 20 years, different media have emerged, such as music videos, computer games, and the Internet, whose use has grown at alarming rates” (Ziegler, Bell and Dittmar,
One of the main concepts that pressures girls to want to attain the "ideal" body shape would be from social circles within society including family, friends, peers and teachers. Researchers and expert medical editor, D’Arcy Lyness display reliable information that show how social surroundings can impact young …show more content…
The author believes direct remarks made about adolescent’s bodies from parents and siblings can cause girls to question their looks and generate negative feelings (Loewen). Parents can also compare their kids to other kids and often their siblings (“you should be skinny like your sister”). Hurtful comments made about a girl’s image or weight can remain for a lifetime.
The enormous pressure from friends play a role in body image disturbances as they would feel their bodies should look a certain way. It is stated that ideal body image occurs through discussions among their friends, “as children get older, the influence of family declines and the influence of friends increases” (Loewen, 7). Talks about being “fat” is an expression for girls to “express their anxieties over being preventing, or overcoming "fat" (Loewen, 5). It is common for young girls to display the importance of their appearance and attractiveness.
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The authors publish their research in their book,” Does Media Type Matter? The Role of Identification in Adolescent Girls’ Media Consumption and the Impact of Different Thin- Ideal Media on Body Image”. It is questioned which type of media causes girls to be more insecure. Media images can be found in magazines on billboards, commercials and ads. After producing their own research, they found that magazines out of all the media images cause girls to develop low self-esteem, “magazine use was more strongly associated with body dissatisfaction than TV use” (Bell and Dittmar, 481). It is stated in their research that media has evolved; rapid growth of new forms of technology would give access of media images to adolescents, “The mass media is constantly changing and evolving, over the last 20 years, different media have emerged, such as music videos, computer games, and the Internet, whose use has grown at alarming rates” (Ziegler, Bell and Dittmar,