Body Image Insecurity

BODY IMAGEINSECURITY

BODY IMAGE?WHAT IS

he way weT perceive our OWN BODY&hence the way we assume

other people perceive us.Vocks, 2007( )

what it likelookswhat you about itbelieve

how you about your bodyfeel

you have of your body.heT mental picture

only1FIVEWOMEN

issat!fiedwith their

BODY

in

There are3 BILLIONwomen

who don’t look like supermodels

and only who do.8Rhiannon & Holly, 2012( )

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK?

0

15

30

45

60

Self-Conscious Satisfied Grateful Happy Dissastified

Teens 60’sSource: November 2011 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

Monroe, 2011( )

WHY DO sGET SO MUCH ATTENTION?

I WAS ASIPRETTYAS HER.

Am IFAT?SKINNYI’M NOTENOUGH.

FATYOU LOOK IN THAT.

“

”

Based on the graphmost women are CONSCIOUS about the way they look.

There are many factors that affects us onhow we perceive ourselves to be.

Let’s look at how does THE MEDIAaffect the way see themselves.WOMEN

,

THE ROLE OFM E D I ABODY IMAGE

inconcerns among W O M E N

one of the strongest transmitters of this pressure“ ”

messages may in fact bemass mediaThe

thinto be through ,MAGAZINESMOVIESPOPULAR TELEVISION.

&Stice & Shaw, as cited in Hesse-Biber, 2006( )

thin-idealmedia models

esearch has shown thatRexposure to

DISSATISFACTION.BODY

Veldhuis, 2012( )

What kind of trends in themedia industry

are we noticing now?

at the moment

slim skinnyevenunnatural

looking women's bodies

beautiful.as being

promoteis to

mediaindustry

he basic trend in theT

pretty.

FASHIONeautyB &

industriesareONLY

promotingon

CERTAIN‘ ’kind of

How do the mediaour perception

influence of BODY IMAGE?

WOMENof all agesbut ESPECIALLY

YOUNG WOMENlook at MAGAZINES

TELEVISIONMOVIESOTHER MEDIA PRODUCTS& ,

,,

FULL OF IMAGES THAT SHOWWOMEN’Sbodies.skinny

MEDIA Influences

of

to

hese are perceived by theTsubconscious mind

YOUNG WOMENROLE MODEL

as being a

to be alike.&follow aspire

esearch indicates thatRexposure to images of

thin youngfemale bodies&is linked to DEPRESSION

LOSS OF SELF-ESTEEMDEVELOPMENT OFUNHEALTHY EATING HABITS

,,&

in WOMEN GIRLS.&Veldhuis, 2012( )

skinnyACHIEVING THIS

look does not comenaturally; it inevitably leads to

practicing some kind of dietingexcessive exercisingabnormal eating behaviors.

or

ARE INCREASING RAPIDLY

THE LEVELof EATING DISORDERSLIKE

ANOREXIABULIMIA

and

EVERY YEAR

15%ABOUT

ofALL

YOUNG WOMENDEVELOP DISORDERLY EATING HABITS

Hesse-Biber, 2006( )

BULIMIAANOREXIA&

Losing weight is good,gaining weight is bad.

What the scale says is the most important thing.

Being thin is more important than being healthy.

You shall not eat without feeling guilty.

You can never be to thin.

“ ”

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”

“”

”

“

“

“WHAT’S ON YOURMIND?

25%

38%

25%

13%

Die within 10 yearsDie after 20 yearsFully RecoverBounce In and Out of Hospital

WOMEN SUFFERING FROM ANOREXIA NERVOSA

Source: Report from The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Association Disorders (ANAD)

Costin, as cited in Hesse-Biber, 2006( )

Mary-Kate Olsen

Almost Killed MeANOREXIA

Pint size mogulMary-Kate Olsen

has battled with anorexiasince she was diagnosed just after her 18th birthday

her.but she's speaking out now and says the illness nearly killed

There have definitely been times in my life when I just turned to people and said,‘I’m done - this is too much for

me. This is too over-whelming.’

‘’

She says,

Hollywood Team, 2008( )

WHAT WOULD BE SOMEsuggestionsREAL

ON HOW TOimprove your

BODY IMAGEWITHOUT RESORTING TO

UNHEALTHYEATING HABITS?

from

to just

CHANGE YOURGOAL

WEIGHT LOSSYOUR HEALTH

1

IMPROVING

FOCUS MORE ON THE

,IMPROVING SELF-ESTEEM

YOUR CHARACTERof

2INTERNALbeauty;

INTERNAL STRENGTHSSELF-CONFIDENCE,&

THE MASS MEDIA

GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK from3

ADVERTISINGIF YOU FEEL PRONE TO

WOMEN’S MAGAZINES&

THIS KIND false PERCEPTIONSof

does impact onThe media

significantly and it can affect

WOMEN’SBODY IMAGE

WOMEN’Sphysical and mental

health in a negative way.

NOT ON BEING A

these negative effects coming fromThe only way to STOP

is to teach women not to judge themselvesthe media

by the beauty industry’s standardsand learn not to compare themselves to

the cover girls.

STICK LIKE MODEL(unless you are born skinny)

IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROMOTE

WITH EMPHASIS ONA HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

INTERNAL BEAUTYLIKE IMPROVING

SELF-ESTEEMSELF-CONFIDENCE.

AND

LOVE THE BODY YOU’RE IN

favourite iconic role model on what not to strive for

IT’S NOT WRONG TO ADDAppropriate cellulite for all those heavenly chocolate brownies we eat,in addition to freckles, crows feet and laugh lines.

How do youmeasureyourself?

These days, size isn’t just a number, it’s the way you feel in the changing room. It’s the difference between a good day and a bad day. It’s how you see yourself every time you look in the mirror. But what if all that went away? What if, instead of seeing x’s or l’s, we see what’s really there -amazing, beautiful, healthy bodies. Maybe it’s time to change the way we think about size.

BE HAPPYIN YOUR

OWNSKIN

Accept yourself.Love your body the way it is and feel grateful towards it.

Most importantly, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.

“

”- Portia De Rossi

People are starting to go on about my weight

but I'm not going to change my size because they don't like

the way I look.

“

”- Adele

- Audrey Hepburn

“”

Happy girls are theprettiest girls.

VE YOUR LINESL

VE YOUR BODYL

&IMPERFECT

PERMANENTLYINEVITABLY FLAWED

YOU ARE

beautiful.YOU AREand

EMBRACE THEUNIQUENESSof you

APPRECIATE YOURand

BODY

REFERENCES

Hesse-Biber, S., Leavy, P. , Quinn, C. E. (2006). The mass marketing of disordered eating and Eating Disorders: The social psychology of women, thinness and culture. Women's Studies International Forum 29, pp. 208–224

Vocks, S., Rüddel, H. (2007). Static and Dynamic Body Image in Bulimia Nervosa: Mental Representation of Body Dimensions and Biological Motion Patterns. International Journal of Eating Disorders, pp. 59–66

Veldhuis, J., Konjin, E. A. (2012). Weight Information Labels on Media Models Reduce Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescent Girls. Journal of Adolescent Health, pp. 600–606

JOURNAL

Monroe, V. (2011) How Do Women Really Feel About How They Look. Retrieved from http://www.oprah.com/style/Body-Image-Statistics-How-Women-Feel-About-Their-Looks

Hollyscoop Team (2008) Mary-Kate Olsen: Anorexia Almost Killed Me. Retrieved from http://www.hollyscoop.com/olsens/mary-kate-olsen-anorexia-almost-killed-me.html

WEBSITE

ARTICLERhiannon, M., Holly, S. (2012). Body Image Limited. New Statesman Ltd., pp. 12

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