Women Personal Identity and Perspective
For many women, the media has a profound effect on how they view their bodies from a personal identity.Fisher (1986) emphasizes the fact that body image undoubtedly plays a part in all of the behaviors that are visually interpreted to show how an individual feels about themselves. So when a female begins to portray a symptom of depression on her body image one has to pause and ask, “Why is there suddenly this problem?” Is the media wholly responsible for this type of crisis simply by presenting a bombardment of extremely thin and sexy women? The answer is dutifully, yes. If the media would focus on how women actually are instead of presenting false ideals then perhaps there would not be such an upset among the female gender. There might not be eating disorders, or poor self-esteem levels among women in the real world.
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Eric Raymond
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