Sunday, October 19, 2014
Blog 3
The media is one of the largest influences on how society perceives beauty. We are constantly shown pictures of people who are thin and are told that in order to be beautiful you must be thin and look like a Victoria Secret model. This then has an impact on our youth and directs them towards unhealthy lifestyles in order to attain this look. I believe that if there are better techniques to help combat these misrepresentations that are portrayed through the media then there will be a healthier generation. Health Educators can accomplish this by having more programs empowering women and that target the issues.
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it's quite sad to see that society especially the youth have been "brain washed" by the media as to what is considered beautiful. I personally believe that everybody is beautiful in their own way. The media only portrays a certain image as to what our society should see as beautiful. Sometimes you see that someone will be bullied just because they do not fit societies definition of "beautiful" and sometimes lead to even suicide. I agree with you that health educators can have programs that empower women and I think it will help build people's self-esteem to love themselves just the way they are and not conform to what societies or the media portray as beauty.
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