Unrealistic Beauty Standards

In recent years, the media has boomed, creating a variety of problems for young people, especially young females across the globe. The media is presented to young people in more ways than ever, no especially with the three categories, the first being televisions and movies, second, social media and third, advertising. Each of these categories come with their own problems; each provoking self-esteem and body issues. Today, the world of media has constructed the ideal image of what a woman should be, and in the process, promoted an unattainable, unrealistic beauty, that is creating problems for females all around the world. The first medium through which the media creates an unrealistic beauty standard is television and movies, particularly

Social media consists of online applications and websites that allow users to connect and share through photos and messages. But, this over-connection created a malfunction in the way young girls see themselves; with the rise of social media, the has been a pattern in the lowering of self-esteem from girls of all ages, why is this? Research shows that social media, as well, creates an unrealistic beauty standard. A Dove study, conducted in 2015 found that “82 per cent of women feel the beauty standards set by social media are unrealistic,” (Lo, 2015). The combination of images, as well as other user’s comments critiquing each other has proven to be destructive to women’s self-esteem. The problem is created when filtered Instagram feeds, and fake Facebook timelines become realities for girls. With photo-shopped models, sizes away from the average girl, and edited to be far from reality dance across girls screens day after day, it becomes a daily struggle to no be sucked into the glitz and glamour of social media. Park Nicollet Center, a clinic specializing in treating eating disorders, along with body dysmorphia, has noted in recent years, a rise in you girls being treated in their facilities. They have said that, “this may have a direct correlation to the amount of time spent using social media…that adolescents that spend much of their time on social media tend