With all these models out there today with their airbrushed pictures and super skinny/muscular bodies, it's almost become the norm to want to look like them. Specifically for women (Men will be my next blog post), there are a lot of weight doubts that come into play.
"However, the social vision of the "perfect" body is simply not attainable for most people. Simple biology prevents the average American woman, who weighs 140 lbs and stands 5'4" tall, from conforming to a body image idealized by fashion models who stand 5'11" tall and weigh only 117 lbs. (it's worth noting that fashion models, under intense pressure to conform to this ideal body image, are at higher than normal risk of anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders)."
We saw in class just how much pictures can be fixed, how many pounds can be shed through photo-editing software, but the majority of people do not. All they see are the "perfect bodies" that the media displays to them. Everyone wants to be perfect, right?
Link the the entire article (which is worth reading, in my opinion) is below.
http://www.healthtree.com/articles/eating-disorders/anorexia/causes/
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