“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
0.5 to 3.7 percent of females suffer from anorexia in their life time.
Negatively socially, physically, mentally, and in every aspect of their life.
What do other sources have to say about this topic?
DOES SOCIETY PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON GIRLS TO LOOK “PERFECT?
Society should realize that everyone is unique in their own way and that no one should have to suffer with how they were created or how they look.
Rather, they should focus on being as healthy as possible and work on their character more than how they look.
“Oh, you work out?”
“How much do you weigh anyway?”
“Have you considered breast implants?
Discuss and find a solution
Parents
Do you feel pressured to look perfect?
How often do you compare or wish you looked like the models you see in magazines?
Are you comfortable leaving the house without makeup?
Are you satisfied with how you look overall? (body, weight, skin)
What would you look to change about how you look? (body shape, weight, features)
Research
Society
Disclaimer
11/18 people said they would like to lose weight while the rest stated that they would like to change some facial feature about themselves.
What do other people have to say about my research question?
Unrealistic Body Standards
Support and Confidence is the Key
Effects of Bad Body Image
Barbie Ferreira
Thin – but curvy
Tan- but not orange
Beautified by makeup – but not resembling a clown.
“Of course. It [media] makes you think you’re not good enough. Like if you don’t starve yourself, you are never going to fit in; be able to be a model. You’re not the ideal size or look.”
modeled for American Eagle as a plus-size model
Women’s magazines had 10.5 times as many weight loss advertisements than men’s
“curvy” or “plus-sized”
My personal survey and findings
“Anaconda”
“Baby got back”
“The National Eating Disorder Association (2006) reports that in the past 70 years, national rates of incidences of all eating disorders have dramatically increased across the board . . . Bulimia in women between the ages of 10 to 39 has more than tripled.”
Parents
Unrealistic body standards
My term paper is narrowed down to how women are pressured to look perfect. However, men are equally as pressure and affected by this issue as women.
Effects of Bad Body Imaging
How to prevent this problem
DOES SOCIETY PUT TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON GIRLS TO LOOK “PERFECT?