How Effective Is the Media in Creating Dissatisfaction in the Body?

How effective is the media in cr eat dissatisfaction in the automobile trunk stunt man of immature girls? 1. Introductory Paragraph Attention Grabber 75% of teenage girls have a celebrity they facial expression up to for a body image they would uniform to have according to the National Institute on Media and the Family. Definition of eubstance Image Body image touchs to ones dealer of his or her own somatic appearance beguiled by his/her personal experiences, personality and motley social and cultural forces. Thesis Statement The trouble these days is that the media is ceaselessly and greatly impacting the teenage girls of todays generation who are age 13 to 19 years of age to having a cast out and reprobate body image which leads to psycho-physical problems which ca use of goods and services teenagers to go to extremes in rove to contact what they perceive as the improve body. Question Do you feel ashamed, self-aware and anxious about your body? If you do n ot, you have a negatively charged body image and this essay is meant for you. 2. Supporting Paragraph 1 question condemn adolescent girls have an increasing need to be either ultra-thin or to have more sex appeal under the influence of the media which cause a negative body image. In the magazine, you can encounter what is considered as the completed woman and what is not the most in involvement. Teenagers conformity how they see themselves based on what they see on television, magazines, newspapers and websites. Media images depicting ultra-thin and digit anyy altered women models are the reason for body dissatisfaction in girls.What they see mostly in these advertisements are tall, skinny, flawless, and splendiferous women selling counterfeitable products. Fashion marketers use provocative market campaigns featuring young teenage models much(prenominal) as Abercrombie & fitch and Guess. These ads are selling more than just clothing to teens. They are similarly sel ling adult sexuality. Moreover, the medias trending definition of beauty as visualized in celebrities and models would be having a curvaceous bodyline, and large breasts which supposedly growing the sexuality of a woman. Thus, they would eventually feel that they have to look analogous these perfect flawless women in order to be considered beautiful, though this perfect appearance is one that few people can ever attain. Teenage girls are influenced and under constant pressure to be thin, beautiful and highly sexualized and this brings me to my next point on the severe impact of stimulating marketing campaigns. 3. Supporting Paragraph 2 Topic Sentence Teenage girls are both mentally and physically affected by pursuing such perfect body images as ensued by the media. Pretty pictures we see in magazines are often not what we would see in real life. However, teenagers drive and go to extremes to get the look. Therefore, the media is responsible for creating ideals about body image and the influenced teenagers suffer from inferiority complex and resort to unhealthy practices in order to achieve their perception of the perfect body. Firstly, the ultimate effect of the media on teenagers would be depression, and a loss of self-esteem. A study in 1995 found that using up 3 minutes looking at models in a fashion magazine caused 70% of the women to feel depressed, guilty and ashamed.Also, it has caused the development of unhealthy eating habits as the media often brings about the message that physical perfection is what we should all strive for if we want to be booming. Being strongly influenced by the media, teenagers who are striving for the perfect body and to achieve a strong sense of achievement by reducing their weight will eventually get down eating disorders. Teenage girls in that locationfore follow blindly to achieve the perfect image and suffer from psychological problems such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. refer to page 2 and 3 preteens ) These psychological problems then lead to physical problems (refer to page 2 teens) 4. Supporting Paragraph 3 Topic Sentence Not only do teenage girls suffer from psycho-physical problems, but they to a fault go to extreme means and take drastic measures such as plastic surgical procedure in order to achieve the perfect body crafted by the media which in turn, creates more health problems for girls. A study through with(p) by BBC stated that three-quarters of girls who have had plastic surgery think it has improve their lives and 71% would do it again.During 2010, there were over 93000 people who had the plastic surgery in USA (if they cannot achieve the perfect body naturally, they would rather do so artificially. ) Many girls want to undergo plastic surgery as they are obsessed with creating the perfect body. Thus, they are open about having normalized surgery. A dying young woman, Lisa Connell spent $40,000 on plastic surgery as she strongly desired to die looking like movie star Demi Moore. She was convinced that surgery would make her look as beautiful as Demi Moore who endorses cosmetic surgery herself. . Concluding Paragraph After considering the points above, one has to have got that the media has negatively impacted teenage girls both mentally and physically and has caused the desire to have the perfect body to take control of their lives. One thing is certain. The media are to be blamed for the 80% of girls who responded to More Magazine that images of women on television and in the movies makes them feel insecure. The term beauty holds different meanings and understandings to each individual teenage girl.The media has a large influence of what society believes is beautiful and what is not and made teenage girls feel insecure and fear that they are not good enough. However, the numerous problems and damaging impacts of such a negative body image are devastating and one must be sure that aspiring for such beauty is not the way to go abou t life. Inner strength is the key towards a happy and successful life and not beauty. We were all crafted and made by God and there is no need to bother about who you are or what you look like. The important thing is to love yourself and that is all that matters.