Body Image Analysis

Many people who immerse themselves in modern society are interested in or affected by the issue of body image. Media affects not only how we as individuals view ourselves and others, but how we as a society treat, tuck, and trim our bodies to fit the imagined requirements of how the human form should look. Body image is a salient topic that has become more frequently, analytically, psychologically, and scientifically debated and represented within the past decade. That being so, a large portion of the University of Texas at Arlington student body are already highly intrigued by the topic of body image.
After critical analysis of the article, per your request, I have concluded that, although Susan Bordo mentions some major issues pertaining

The celebrity culture references will have little to no effect on the UTA audience, because many of our students were too young or uninformed of pop culture when women such as Kate Moss, Alicia Silverstone, and Joan Lunden were in their prime. A lack of connection to the references made in the article gives the audience a lack of connection to the topic. Also, the lacking references in relation to men is indicative of the time-sensitivity of this article. Bordo mentions body image issues for men, but does not provide any male celebrity examples, does not go into any depth besides mentioning the issue, and leaves something to be desired for a male audience member who may be facing body dysmorphia. The only time Bordo directly addresses the topic of male body image is when she states that “Even the gender gap is narrowing as more and more men are developing eating disorders and exercise compulsions” (par. 4). which is definitely not enough to fully represent that part of the issue. Therefore, the article is mostly targeted towards a female audience, which is much too specific for the audience of The

Unprofessional organization combined with poorly developed reasons to support the already vague claim accumulate into a poor article. The reasons provided are statements for which no evidence or explanation is provided. With her provided expertise on the subject, the audiences’ expectations are high and her supporting ideas for her claim fall very, very short of those expectations. In one paragraph, Bordo makes bold statements hoping that they will support her just by how matter-of-factly she writes them, however, just because she says “If this is a disorder, it is one that has become a norm of cultural perception. Our ideas about what constitutes a body in need of a diet have become more and more pathologically trained on the slightest hint of excess.”, doesn’t mean every audience will automatically believe it. The paragraph including that ‘reason’ definitely could have used some statistics or some kind of proof that anorexia truly is a norm of cultural perception and not just something the author has imagined in her studies and research. Adding statistics or a description of some related research results would make this article much more