Body Image Has Changed Throughout The Years

The media has distorted people’s views on the way they look at their own body image. The media has shown what their ideal body type is, while leaving people to feel as if the average weight is not good enough. (Cardosi, 2006) We live in a world where people feel as if having zero body fat is the idea body type to have. Pictures of models for clothing stores, bathing suits, lingerie etc. all exhibit to this to be true. Body image is perceived to be negatively influenced by the media and the way that the media displays their models. Parents, teachers, adolescence and even children all find themselves to be comparing themselves based on what the media exposes. (Levine & Murnen, 2009)

In 2005 more than 10 million cosmetic procedures were done in America. People can not stand how they look, they want to look better. Almost as if there is a competition going on about who can look the best. A large majority of people do not have a good view of their body image. Body image in America has changed for the worse due to the media, a lack of self confidence, and a growing obsession with beauty.

A body image is a subjective combination of all the thoughts, emotions, and judgments that an individual may perceive about his or her own body. Each individual has a unique perception of his or her own body. This image is strongly influenced and often times skewed due to the increasing pressure created from outside, societal factors. With a world that is continuously creating new forms of social media and entertainment, individuals are constantly exposed to images that supposedly define bodily perfection and are then expected to resemble these images in order to fit in and/or please society. The expectations that have been put in place by society has created unwanted pressure on individuals who feel as if they need to resemble these images to get society’s approval.

What is body image?Body image is how you see your body and how you feel about it. You can have a negative body image or a positive body image.A negative body image is when you don’t like your body and think that only other people are beautiful and you are self conscious about your body. Positive Body image is appreciating

The media’s idea of the perfect body type cause girls to become bulimic, anorexic and have poor self esteem. Body image is the subjective picture or mental image of one own body. The media plays an important role influencing girls about how their body should look. This body image presented by the media has changed over the years . The media has had many different changes in body image from 1910 all the way to 2015.

Body image is how we think other people view us and how we view ourselves. How we view our body creates our own body image, but the media has an impact on how we view ourselves. In other words, how we feel about ourselves as a person. Can you recall a time when you didn’t care about what you looked like when you left the house? The last time I remember was in fourth grade. If kids are already worrying about what they look like at such a young age, I believe there is a problem here, and this is something we all need to come together and fix.

“The pressure needs to go away, and girls’ self-esteem needs to go up; the vicious cycle needs to end.” (Moreau, “Is There Too Much Pressure”, The Comet) Body image is something that affects our everyday lives, especially for women. Television, advertisements, and photo shop all make women feel the need to look a certain way to be accepted by men and their peers.

Body image is an important concept in many adolescent and young adult minds. To have a positive body image is to know that you are beautiful. To be beautiful is to reach the standards of beauty in society. However, society is constantly changing those standards as time goes by. Many young men and women strive to reach the positive, even if it means their health, money, and mind. They have the media, such as magazines to thank for these wonderful standards.

The problem with body image are the factors that influence it. One powerful factor, the media. The photoshop magazines we look at and the commercials we see. Studies at Stanford University and University Of Massachusetts found that "70% of college women say they feel worse about their own looks after reading women's magazines". Of course, when we're constantly exposed to these images, we will start to think that that’s reality.

Body image is how you see yourself in your mind. How you feel about your body, including your height, shape, and weight. Peers, friends, parents, siblings, relatives, coworkers and other community members

"Body image is the perception that a person has of their physical self and the thoughts and feelings that result from that perception.” The American society has been broadcasting a certain type of body,

Each generation as a whole views today’s society differently. Ideal body types have drastically changed throughout the years, each representing their time’s body trends. People looked up to celebrities that illustrated their time’s perfect body. Body trends today are also widely different than trends of the past. Trends are also hyped up on social media platforms, and increase the number of people with bad body image. Body dissatisfaction can come from the rapid growth of social media. Usage of photoshop has also altered some to think that an unattainable body is what one should look like. Plastic and cosmetic surgery has also increased over the past few decades. Millennials are more inclined to get unnecessary surgeries done because they have been brought up thinking it is normal. The combination with body shaming and body dissatisfaction has pushed many to eating disorders. These disorders can even bring out more dangerous consequences that range from minimal to life threatening. Today’s body standards have drastically changed from past generations due to social media, falsified advertising, and the constant desire for impossible body goals.

Body image is how people perceive themselves to be in their own mind. People often have issues with their body image. What is alarming is how the negative body image has escalated to many more issues that UNVEIL would like to address.

Body image is a complicated aspect of the self-concept that concerns an individual's perceptions and feelings about their body and

Body Image is the way you see your body, and how you feel about your appearance. There are four key proponents associated with Body Image. The first aspect is Perceptual Body Image. This is how you see your body, this may not always be a correct representation of how one really looks. For example, one may see themselves as fat, when in reality they’re thin. The next aspect is Affective Body Image, this is how you feel about your body. Third is Cognitive Body Image, which is how you think about your body. The final aspect is Behavioral Body Image, which is “behaviors in which you engage as a result of your Body Image”. Body Image has two forms.