Body imaging and photoshop
What does this video relay?
- begins with model and how she actually looks
- throughout the video it shows what they do to make her satisfactory for the advertisement
Media impression on women and girls
- Average teen girls gets about 180 minutes of media exposure per day.
- Body size in media has progressively gotten smaller through the years
The reality of your body
What you probably don't know...
Preface
- A thigh gap isn't something that you cannot achieve
- Genes play a big role in in your body shape
- You were born the way that you are for a reason and there is no need to change.
Work Cited
- "11 Facts About Body Image." DoSomething.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2014.
- "Teen Health and the Media." Teen Health and the Media. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2014.
- "Girls and Body Image: Media's Effect, How Parents Can Help." WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web. 18 Oct. 2014.
Where it all begins
- 91% of women are unhappy with their bodies
- only 5% of women posses the model like features naturally
- 58% of college women feel pressured by their weight
- 40% of women could see cosmetic surgery in the future
- 95% of eating disorders occur between the ages of 12-25
- and only 10% of those girls suffering will seek help
- Young girls self esteem is being swayed as young as five years old
- over 80 percent of 10 year old girls are afraid of being fat
- 58% of female characters in movies and 28% in television shows have comments made about their bodies
With that said