Written Analysis 4

Body Image Formula

The formula of boy image in the media is for women it is portrayed that they should be a size zero, which causes a negative effect on women. For men it’s not so much about weight it’s about muscle. Body image is really how one see’s their own physical image which can be extremely different than how they appear to someone else.

The way this describes my topic is that the media doesn’t help people’s perceptions on their own body image. The media focuses on the models and celebrities that have the unrealistic perfect body image. What they don’t say is how hard these models or celebrities have to work for the body and the cost of it, also many celebrities are airbrushed in magazines to make their image seem better than what it really is. When a celebrity gains weight the media puts pictures of them in magazines like look how much weight this person has gained with before and after pictures, which is not only humiliating but also bad to the readers as well because they see that gaining weight and not having the perfect body is a horrible thing. Therefor when a person looks at their own body image, they may perceive that they should do a lot of work to have this image, but to other people that are around you may perceive your body image a lot differently. For someone who is a size zero, someone else may see that as you are unhealthy or too sickly because this is really not a normal appearance.  

The insights that I have gained is that if the media would portray people differently, such as women with curves and the average Joe as more of the ideal body then societies perceptions on body image would be different and men and women wouldn’t feel so pressured and feel that they have to strive to have that unrealistic body image. A person should be able to be confident in their own bodies no matter what the media makes them believe (NG Communications, 2009).

Reference Page

NG Communications. (2009, March 9). Body image. Retrieved from

http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Body_image