The Source of Self-Image Problems
Flip through any magazine and you will see advertisement after advertisement focused on a beautiful female model. Turn on the TV and you will see the same thing. This isn’t new, and to some degree people tolerate this. However, these advertisements and TV shows are under fire for being a significant factor in causing insecurities in teenage girls about their bodies. Health officials, among others, feel that the images these girls see are telling them how girls should look, and if they don’t fit the image then they’re ugly. These insecurities can lead to eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. That is major reason why the advertising community has received negative press lately. There is a flaw, however, in this exposure of the negative side of advertising. The main focus is on how teenage girls are affected. Rarely do we here about how teenage boys are being affected. We hear about how males make up for about 10% of eating disorder cases, and that’s it. Just because there are fewer boys with eating disorders does not mean that the media isn’t affecting their self-image in the same way the media is affecting the self-image of teenage girls. Therefore, there should be just
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Self-image Flip, Mark McGuire, teenage boys, eating disorders, teenage girls, eating disorder, anorexia bulimia, male models teenage, girls boys, male models, boys trying, completely harmless, theyre doing,
Approximate Word count = 849
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
 |
