Body Image
Modern media has created an unrealistic image for both men and women. We tend to see these beautiful people on television and when we compare ourselves we tend to pick out our imperfections. A hyper reality has been created where everybody is beautiful and slim, but really the average person is much bigger then the average person in hollywood. There are always ads on television that want to incourage us to loose weight, why is this? The weight-loss industry makes a lot of money in this country, and that is more important to these rich elite then peoples image of themselves. Media once again is the cause behind the mass public being insecure with their body image because it doesn't conform with what media potraits as being beautiful. The Dove ad below is a great PSA that shows what a women really looks like before she is prepped for a photo shoot. Virtually everything about her is changed with makeup so that when the transformation is complete one cannot even recognize her as the same woman.
Dove Evolution
Media influence on Womans Image
I also saw this commercial the other day and it made me think of this media meditation. The image for men being rough, tough, and beastly is created by media through ads such as this one. The average man is nothing like this, yet the media has created this super rough, violent image for men, it is just as unrealistic as the image created for women.
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