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This 6 page paper examines how societal pressures are influencing girls and teens to strive for excessive thinness. This paper highlights the negative associations that pop culture places on weight and also focuses on the effects of other influences, such as family, peers, etc. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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from a variety of sources to "fit-in" in terms of their body shape and size. While the media certainly plays a role in the propagation of such images, there
are many other sources of concern as well. It is important to discern what these sources are because they have
a dramatic impact on the thought processes and self-esteem of young women. While a newborn knows nothing of what is "supposed" to be, the child quickly learns social norms
through their relationships and interactions with the world. If these relationships and interactions are not healthy experiences, then the child grows to have distorted knowledge about what is healthy,
attractive and "normal". While images of supermodels and waif-thin "beauties" abound, in truth the media is just one source of
information in our society, and quite often the media is mirroring the values and beliefs of society. Therefore, society itself in many ways supports the ideals which the media
relays, and in this way is a part of the initial cause. As a result of these pressures, eating disorders have become rampant in America. Between the 1970s
and 1990s, "the percentage of Americans suffering from an eating disorder has doubled, according to the U.S. Public Health Services Office on Womens Health" (Body Image, 2003). Teenage girls are
at most serious risk (Body Image, 2003). Social pressures play a large role in the problem, and this often takes the form
of peer pressure (Body Image, 2003). Girls often try to emulate their "thin" friends and follow in their footsteps, not necessarily taking into account different calorie needs, different body
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