The document discusses body image issues faced by many women. It notes that only 5 in 100 women are satisfied with their bodies. Media plays a strong role in promoting thin ideals and unrealistic standards of beauty that negatively impact women's self-esteem and mental health. Rates of eating disorders are rising as many resort to unhealthy dieting or exercise to achieve the body types portrayed in media. The document suggests focusing on internal beauty and health over weight and accepting one's body as a way to improve body image.

1. BODY IMAGE
INSECURITY

2. WHAT IS
BODY IMAGE?

3. T he way we perceive
our OWN BODY &
hence the way we assume
other people perceive us.
( Vocks, 2007 )

4. T he mental picture
you have of your body.
what it looks like
what you believe about it
how you feel about your body

5. 1
only
FIVE
in
WOMEN
is sat!fied
with their
BODY

6. There are 3 BILLION women
who don’t look like supermodels
and only 8 who do.
( Rhiannon & Holly, 2012 )

7. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK?
60
45
30
15
0
Self-Conscious Satisfied Grateful Happy Dissastified
Teens 60’s
Source: November 2011 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
( Monroe, 2011)

8. “ WHY DO  s
GET SO MUCH ATTENTION
I  I WAS AS
?
PRETTYAS HER.
I’M NOT SKINNY
FAT ?
Am I
ENOUGH.
FAT
YOU LOOK IN THAT .
”

9. Based on the graph ,
most women are CONSCIOUS about the way they look.
There are many factors that affects us on
how we perceive ourselves to be.
Let’s look at how does THE MEDIA
affect the way WOMEN see themselves.

10. THE ROLE OF
MEDIA
in
BODY IMAGE
concerns among
WOMEN

11. The mass media
messages may in fact be
“ one of the strongest transmitters
of this pressure
”
to be thin
through
,
MOVIES MAGAZINES &
POPULAR TELEVISION.
( Stice & Shaw, as cited in Hesse-Biber, 2006 )

12. R esearch has shown that
exposure to
thin-ideal media models
BODY
DISSATISFACTION.
( Veldhuis, 2012 )

13. What kind of trends in the
media industry
are we noticing now?

14. T he basic trend in the media
industry
at the moment
slim skinny
is to promote
even
unnatural
looking women's bodies
beautiful.
as being

15. B eauty &
FASHION industries
are ONLY
promoting on
‘CERTAIN’
kind of pretty.

16. How do the media
?
influence
our perception of BODY IMAGE

17. WOMEN of all ages
but ESPECIALLY
YOUNG WOMEN
look at MAGAZINES ,
TELEVISION,
,
& MOVIES
OTHER MEDIA PRODUCTS
skinny WOMEN’S bodies.
FULL OF IMAGES THAT SHOW

18. MEDIA Influences

19. T hese are perceivedmind the
by
subconscious of
YOUNG WOMEN
as being a
ROLE MODEL to
&
follow aspire to be alike.

20. Research indicates that
exposure to images of
thin&young female bodies
is linked to DEPRESSION ,
LOSS OF SELF-ESTEEM, &
DEVELOPMENT OF
UNHEALTHY EATING HABITS
in WOMEN & GIRLS.
( Veldhuis, 2012)

21. ACHIEVING THIS
skinny look does not come
naturally;
it inevitably leads to
practicing some kind of
dieting
excessive exercising or
abnormal eating behaviors.

22. of
THE LEVEL EATING DISORDERS
LIKE
ANOREXIA
and
BULIMIA
ARE INCREASING RAPIDLY
EVERY YEAR

23. 15
ABOUT
% ALL
of
YOUNG WOMEN
DEVELOP DISORDERLY EATING HABITS
( Hesse-Biber, 2006 )

24. ANOREXIA &
BULIMIA
“ Losing weight is good,
gaining weight is bad.
”
“ What the scale says is
the most important thing.
”
“ Being thin is more important
”
than being healthy.
“without feeling guilty.
You shall not eat
” WHAT’S ON YOUR
“ ”
MIND?
You can never be to thin.

25. WOMEN SUFFERING FROM ANOREXIA NERVOSA
25%
Die within 10 years
13% Die after 20 years
38% Fully Recover
Bounce In and Out of Hospital
25%
Source: Report from The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and
Association Disorders (ANAD)
( Costin, as cited in Hesse-Biber, 2006 )

26. Mary-Kate Olsen
ANOREXIA
Almost Killed Me
Pint size mogul
Mary-Kate Olsen
has battled with anorexia
since she was diagnosed
just after her 18th birthday
but she's speaking out now and
says the illness nearly killed her.
She says,
‘ There have definitely been times in
my life when I just turned to people
and said,‘I’m done - this is too much for
me. This is too over-whelming.’
( Hollywood Team, 2008 )
’

27. WHAT WOULD BE SOME
REAL suggestions
ON HOW TO
improve your
BODY IMAGE
WITHOUT RESORTING TO
UNHEALTHY
EATING HABITS ?

28. 1
CHANGE YOUR
GOAL from
WEIGHT LOSS
IMPROVING
to just
YOUR HEALTH

29. 2
FOCUS MORE ON THE
INTERNAL beauty;
IMPROVING SELF-ESTEEM,
SELF-CONFIDENCE,&
INTERNAL STRENGTHS
of YOUR CHARACTER

30. 3
GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK from
WOMEN’S MAGAZINES &
THE MASS MEDIA
ADVERTISING
IF YOU FEEL PRONE TO
THIS KIND of false PERCEPTIONS

31. The media
does impact on
WOMEN’S
BODY IMAGE
significantly and it can affect
WOMEN’S
physical and mental
health in a negative way.

32. The only way to STOP
these negative effects coming from
the media
is to teach women not to judge themselves
by the beauty industry’s standards
and learn not to compare themselves to
the cover girls.
NOT ON BEING A
STICK LIKE MODEL
(unless you are born skinny)

33. IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROMOTE
A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
WITH EMPHASIS ON
INTERNAL BEAUTY
LIKE IMPROVING
SELF-ESTEEM
AND
SELF-CONFIDENCE.

34. favourite iconic role model on what
not to strive for
IT’S NOT WRONG TO ADD
Appropriate cellulite for all
those heavenly chocolate
brownies we eat,
in addition to freckles,
crows feet and laugh
lines.
LOVE THE BODY YOU’RE IN

35. How do you
measure
yourself ?
These days, size isn’t just a number, it’s the way you
feel in the changing room. It’s the difference between a
good day and a bad day. It’s how you see yourself
every time you look in the mirror. But what if all that
went away? What if, instead of seeing x’s or l’s, we see
what’s really there -amazing, beautiful, healthy bodies.
Maybe it’s time to change the way we think about size.

36. BE HAPPY
IN YOUR
OWN SKIN

37. “ Accept yourself.
Love your body the way it is
and feel grateful towards it.
Most importantly, in order to
find real happiness, you must
learn to love yourself for the
totality of who you are and
not just what you look like.
- Portia De Rossi ”

38. “ People are starting to
go on about my weight
but I'm not going to change my
size because they don't like
the way I look.”
- Adele

39. “ Happy girls are the
prettiest girls.”
- Audrey Hepburn

40. L VE YOUR LINES
L VE YOUR BODY

41. YOU ARE
IMPERFECT
PERMANENTLY &
INEVITABLY FLAWED
and
beautiful.
YOU ARE

42. EMBRACE THE
of you
UNIQUENESS
and
APPRECIATE YOUR
BODY

43. REFERENCES

44. JOURNAL
Hesse-Biber, S., Leavy, P. , Quinn, C. E. (2006). The mass
marketing of disordered eating and Eating Disorders: The social
psychology of women, thinness and culture. Women's Studies
International Forum 29, pp. 208–224
Vocks, S., Rüddel, H. (2007). Static and Dynamic Body Image
in Bulimia Nervosa: Mental Representation of Body Dimensions
and Biological Motion Patterns. International Journal of Eating
Disorders, pp. 59–66
Veldhuis, J., Konjin, E. A. (2012). Weight Information Labels on
Media Models Reduce Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescent Girls.
Journal of Adolescent Health, pp. 600–606

45. WEBSITE
Monroe, V. (2011) How Do Women Really Feel About How
They Look. Retrieved from http://www.oprah.com/style/Body-
Image-Statistics-How-Women-Feel-About-Their-Looks
Hollyscoop Team (2008) Mary-Kate Olsen: Anorexia Almost
Killed Me. Retrieved from http://www.hollyscoop.com/olsens/
mary-kate-olsen-anorexia-almost-killed-me.html
ARTICLE
Rhiannon, M., Holly, S. (2012). Body Image Limited. New
Statesman Ltd., pp. 12

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