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]]> By: Amy http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/11/new-blog-weightless-critiques-media-while-promoting-well-being/comment-page-1#comment-2930 Amy Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:01:53 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=9428#comment-2930 Body image is something that women, especially us American women, continously think about. Besides the rare few who exist (in hollywood), majority of us women have something that we would love to change in regards to body image. We're confronted on a daily basis by magazines, televisions, and radio of what media believes is the perfect body size and diet plans that exist to help us get there. Although we shouldn't, we allow this to effect the pre-existing thoughts we had about ourselves and as a result slyly glance at the nutrition facts in disappointment when buying groceries. Given, if we have these personal thoughts for the sake of our body image and that is what is truly causing us to have a change of heart (and tastebuds), then sure, why not. Make those necessary changes to make yourself happy. However, majority of us women are persuaded by those ads that spend millions of dollars to persuade us to try that new slimfast drink or diet plan. I would have no problem with these diet plans or images of starving models if they were real and natural. As mentioned above, the picture of the model was digitally altered to increase sales for a clothing company. It is pictures like these that many women are striving to replicate when they are not REAL. The sad thing is that, although this is common knowledge, majority of females continue to feel as if they are in competetion with these images and continue to negatively judge themselves. Body image is something that women, especially us American women, continously think about. Besides the rare few who exist (in hollywood), majority of us women have something that we would love to change in regards to body image. We’re confronted on a daily basis by magazines, televisions, and radio of what media believes is the perfect body size and diet plans that exist to help us get there. Although we shouldn’t, we allow this to effect the pre-existing thoughts we had about ourselves and as a result slyly glance at the nutrition facts in disappointment when buying groceries.
Given, if we have these personal thoughts for the sake of our body image and that is what is truly causing us to have a change of heart (and tastebuds), then sure, why not. Make those necessary changes to make yourself happy. However, majority of us women are persuaded by those ads that spend millions of dollars to persuade us to try that new slimfast drink or diet plan. I would have no problem with these diet plans or images of starving models if they were real and natural. As mentioned above, the picture of the model was digitally altered to increase sales for a clothing company. It is pictures like these that many women are striving to replicate when they are not REAL. The sad thing is that, although this is common knowledge, majority of females continue to feel as if they are in competetion with these images and continue to negatively judge themselves.

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