Decades ago women with full-figured bodies were embraced and loved, and being extremely thin-which is what women strive for now as the ideal body, was not what anyone wanted. These unrealistic standards of what women’s body types should look like are increasingly getting worse. It’s a scary thought to think that the media has such a strong impact on how we think and feel about ourselves especially when it concerns our looks and what is acceptable in society. The media clearly does not care about the images that they are portraying and the perceptions of young girls they are altering and influencing. This is just one of the billions of cases where the media will stop at nothing to strive for that unattainable and unrealistic beauty. However, as you can see Cosmopolitan decided that even a girl with an eating disorder is still eligible for photoshop.
You would think that with Demi’s cover story about her battle with anorexia that the magazine wouldn’t photoshop her right.as it’s unethical. Throughout her journey and even now, Demi has been extremely vocal about her disorder and an advocate to help teen girls with the same issues. Demi recently got out of rehab for eating disorders and self harming. Take for example teen star Demi Lovato, a 19-year-old celebrity with thousands of young girls that idolize and look up to her. So why do we allow the media to expose us to such images that destroy young girls self-esteem and alter their perceptions so greatly, that it could lead to an eating disorder? Why is the media so fixated on perfection, and an unattainable beauty that even the models and celebrities on these covers cannot attain without the use of photoshop?
What does she think? She looks up to these celebrities on the magazines, and these pictures alter her perception of what she should look like and give her a false reality.įACT: The National Institute of Health estimates 5,000 people a year are affected with an eating disorder.įACT: Approximately 1,000 people each year die from an eating disorderįACT: 90% of individuals with an eating disorder are young girls from the ages of 12 to 25. Picture this: you’re standing in line to buy your groceries and you look to your right at the magazine stand, filled with 30 or so magazine covers with “perfect” looking girls on them stating “how to lose weight” or “how to get the perfect body.” Now picture your daughter, a young girl looking at these photos not knowing that they are extremely photoshopped. Everyday individuals are exposed to approximately 5,000 advertisements.
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