Self-Image in the Media
You always watch TMZ, Access, or all those shows bashing every star because maybe they gain some weight or walk on the beach the wrong way…..
I don’t believe there is any good media. They try to catch you doing something wrong all the time.
On billboards, commericals, buses, and magazines they try and tell you what the perfect body is, but is that really the “perfect” body? Or the perfect spouse, job, and life.
To everyone on the planet I know, a huge house with a white picket fence, a dog, and 2 children is the perfect family, with the dad making a billion dollars so that mom can stay home with the kids.
But really the advertizers abuse the consumer, so that they are dependent on their products, and believe it or not you see all these images of women everyday, actually 400-600 times a day! If your not 90 pounds, your too fat for THIS world! As someone told me not too long ago, a young girl wanted to model, and she was a size 5 (i would LOVE to be a size 5), was told she could work as a plus size model!! What is that?!
As a matter of fact, girls get a false image at a young age from their barbie dolls…. thinking that they need to look like that. Check out my Link…. “barbie girl” below
Barbie girl
So true! Did you know that a real live person who had the unnatural proportions of a Barbie doll would probably not be able to stand up straight? Her tiny waist and stick-thin legs simply could not hold up her ponderous chest! What was Mattel thinking?
I wish more people could be satisfied with the lives and bodies and homes they have, not always wishing for something else. Is it just human nature to want what you don’t have? As long as someone is doing the best they can do to be healthy, happy, and a productive member of society, they should be satisfied and enjoy life.
Comment by phsenglish12 — September 15, 2008 @ 1:45 am