I have always been interested in body image. My freshman year I wrote an 8-page paper in my English class about the media and how they portray body image. Reading the history on how body image has evolved over the past decades is very interesting to me. I still think it is insane that Marilyn Monroe was around a size 8 and was considered the most beautiful woman in the world. Today, a size 8 would probably be on the hit TV show “The Biggest Loser.” I really want to expand my knowledge on body image versus reality.
After reading about all of the horrible diseases that have to do with body image I still struggle with the concept myself. I do not consider my body as an ideal body and I really hope that this class can help me with my problem.
Five Questions:
1. Why do women and girls care so much about what other people thing about them?
2. Do you think boys and men care what other people think about them as much as women and girls do?
3. Why has the ideal body image changed from curvy to rail thin?
4. Why is a curvy body in some cultures considered beautiful, and in our culture considered ugly and fat?
5. Why are women so obsessed with beauty, celebrities and things they do not have?
