I Need Everyone's Help!

[invader]

Ok everyone, I am doing a Psychology assignment and I need 25 people to answer these questions. Please answer them and give a little more insight on your view, please. It would be awesome if everyone helped out, even if you just answer the basic questions!

Stereotypes:
1. What stereotypes does the media hold in terms of body image?
2. Do these stereotypes place any pressure on adolescents?

Thank you,
Chantal

Edit: Forgot questions!

 

[invader]

Please help!

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

I beleive the media stereotypes the perfect bodies as average. say magazines for instance. they never show the real "average" body do they.
this places pressure on adolescents because its mostly us who want that kind of body! lol any help?

 

[invader]

Yes, it does. Thank you.

Anyone else?

 

[taylors319]

i think that the media portrays that overweight people are lower class and that super skinny people are of a higher class.

when younger people see skinny people doing well they think that if they stay skinny that they will succeed. or if they see someone over weight on a mag they think "wow look how bad so and so is doing" which puts that message in their brain... starve yourself, its the best way.

 

[invader]

Thank you guys.

I've finished the project... luckily my partener got more survey results!

 

[Kris]

Stereotypes:
1. What stereotypes does the media hold in terms of body image?
2. Do these stereotypes place any pressure on adolescents?

1.) Media is distorting society's defintion of beauty, or more sculpting it. Originality means little to nothing these days. Everything is becoming "cookie cutter". Look at the top pop starlettes right now.. Blonde, huge boobs, scrawny bodies. Look at the top male models...Tall, dark, and super hero abs.. Just not what is actually out and about in your city or town. Do these people even exist? Most of the celebrities out there attempt to make their "look" appear effortless. Very misleading. They're leaving out the 7 days a week, 3 hours a day workouts with drill sargeant aerobic instructers, their 3 hours in hair and makeup, and their stylists who picks out the perfect outfits for them on a daily basis - that complete that "i just rolled out of bed look". In order to be accepted, media tends to assume that you must be super thin, with flawless skin, and a sculpted body - these things aren't always possible to obtain.

2.) Of course the media view of perfection places immense pressure upon adolescents. Your average 15 year old is already struggling trying to fit in at their high school and finding their nitch. These nitches however, are being formulated and comprised by putting together certain groups based on certain characteristics.. The popular and pretty kids, the jocks, the geeks, the freaks, etc etc. With everyone turning to their latest issue of Cosmo or Teen People, or whatever bs magazine they're reading these days, for tips and tricks on being the media definition of beautiful, kids are being thrown against unfair comparisons. "You can look like Paris Hilton! Be a Star!!" Well, who's defining Paris Hitlon as the object of imitation? Why are these talking heads being sculpted into icons? On a given day, how many people look like Paris Hilton that you pass on the street? Close to none. Why not open a style magazine and see everyday normal people like you or me modeling the latest pair of designer jeans? These are the people who are going to buying them. So by throwing a matchstick into a pair of Levi's and spending endless hours in hair and makeup, some 14 year old girl is saying, this is the norm.


DANG! I walked away in the middle of typing this and you must have posted while I was away!!

 

[Flumpus]

1. The media portrays fish as having the perfect body, being able to eat live mice in internet videos, and swimming real fast and stuff.

2. Adolescent fish generally don't have access to the internet.

Oh, this wasn't supposed to be about fish? Sorry, thought I was on a fish forum...

 

[ox5477]

Stereotypes:
1. What stereotypes does the media hold in terms of body image?
2. Do these stereotypes place any pressure on adolescents?


1. That a woman has to be no bigger than a touthpick or she is "letting herself go." A guy has to be able to sculpt artwork on his rock-hard abs and chin. Everyone should try to be black and tan as much as possible.

2. Most people are smart enough to realize that these "celebrities" are getting paid to be a peice of ass and don't freak out everytime they see a celeb and the celeb looks better than them. But, there does exist those extreme cases which the media readily exploits by putting on shows like "The Swan" and "Celeb Fat Club" and makes everyone think that being a normal looking human being is the worse thing in the world. Then you hear in the news about one stupid girl who starved herself to death cause she didnt think she was thin enough or a guy who worked out so much and his biceps explode because it just became too big, and then the media makes it out to be a pandemic going on that all young people are stupid and only know what they see on the hippest fashion and celeb shows. A person is smart, but people are dumb.......when you tell a person that they need to lose some weight, they will just look disgusted and walk away, if you tell a group of people, they will look at eachother and get self-concious and want to lose the weight even if they only weigh 125 lbs (~56.8 kg for you brits).