Body Image
Transcript: LISTEN UP!!!! 1. Models in fashion shows (eg. Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, fashion labels like Marc Jacobs) 2. Celebrities: in movies, the red carpet or even in their daily life 3. Advertorials for different designer labels4. Editorials in fashion magazines (eg. Vogue, Elle) Different perspectives The PERFECT BODY Pictures of "perfect" women Big breast- To achieve this, women go for breast implants Flawless skin and gorgeous features: People go through multiple plastic surgeries to achieve this. They get a nose jobs to get an ideal nose, chin fillers to make their chin sharper and botox to ensure that they have wrinkle-free and a flawless face. Flat stomach, lean body: To achieve this, people go through intense workouts and dieting to get the ideal body they want. They starve themselves and aim to be underweight and go through intense training to get lean and muscular. Thin arms: Women go through intense dieting in order to achieve their desired weight In a survey they asked: Does the media impact your views on how you view your body? If yes, which form of media has the most impact on you. Images in print magazine & newspapers- 18% Images in movies/ television- 19% Images of celebrities- 33% I answered no to the the previous question- 30% These are pictures of average Singaporean 20-30 year olds and this shows that not everyone can look like the models or celebrity. The media paints a false illusion that everyone looks perfect and beautiful all the time and sadly people get influenced by these false illusions and strive to be like those who are portrayed in the media. This is further shown by the statistics from polls and surveys and different case studies. CBS NEWS (CBS News) About a year ago, Melissa DeHart was little more than a skeleton, weighing only 58 pounds. That's when Jann Carl of "Entertainment Tonight" met her. DeHart was an aspiring news anchorwoman, Carl says. She once weighed a healthy 135 pounds on her five foot six inch frame, but by the time she began working as a reporter at a Lousiana TV station, she was already starving herself. And why do you think this happened? Since Melissa was a news reporter, she was intimidated and was influenced by the media as she started comparing herself with the other news reporters. Still, over time, with regular treatments, Melissa managed to regain her weight up to 92 pounds. However, she still says, "Even now, when people come up to me to this day and go, 'You look so much healthier,' my first inclination is to go, 'Do you think I'm fat?' But I'm learning to say, 'Thank you.' Statistics: In a poll taken, 75 out of 138 women consider going for plastic surgery 56% of women are unsatisfied with their overall appearance 67% of women feel that the media has affected how they currently view their bodies This girl, Delia, started having bulimia when she was thirteen,and when asked why, she said that the media impacted her to think this way, to feel that she is imperfect. She said "I am so affected by Glamour magazine and Vogue and all that, because that's a line of work I want to get into. I'm looking at all these beautiful women. They're thin. I want to be just as beautiful. I want to be just as thin. Because that is what guys like." This is also the case with many 20 year olds now, aiming to look as pretty as the models, and not wanting to accept for how they look, because the media constantly compares them to the impossibly beautiful models. To further prove our point, we carried out an interview with a 25-year-old woman. Interviewer: How do you feel about your body? Jane Doe: I feel that my body is too plump and inproportionate I: Oh, why would you say that? J.D.: I feel that i am quite fat because I have seen many advertisments on television and print of skinny girls. I: So you are saying the media influences you? J.D.: Yes, quite a bit. I think that the way media fonds over skinny bodies makes people feel very inferior I: Yes. What are you so dissatisfied about? J.D.: My breasts. I: And? And how do you think you should change that? J.D.: I think that the media should promote healthier models, and also I will try to be more satisfied with how i look by encouragineg myself, i think that that is the way. I: So, you think that people should have a positive mindset about their bodies? J.D.: Yes, if we are over-obssesed of our bodies, there will be dire consequences. We carried out another interview with two teachers working in Methodist Girls' School. See what they have to say about the media affecting their views on body image! A beautiful face Sharp nose and chin Big eyes Flawless skin with Impeccable features Having the perfect body: - Being lean & shapely _ Long legs - Big breasts Although they were not strongly influenced by the media and did not want to change much about themselves, they still agreed that media does affect your perception on a perfect image. This proves that the media does indeed have an effect on women. teachers' AN ANOREXIC CASE
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