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Many risk come about when dealing with how women view their body. Body image dissatisfaction is an open playground for the media, companies, and men to take advantage of many women's obvious insecurities. "The consumer marketing of images that idealise a controlled, firm female body are therefore predicated on deep-rooted cultural contradictions about femininity in western culture" (Moulding, 2007, pg. 58).
In the media, little girls must look up to barbie-like women who have unrealistic body measurements. This gives way to eating disorders such as, anorexia and bulimia. The South Carolina Department of Mental Health "reports that 20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems" (2006) and...
In the media, little girls must look up to barbie-like women who have unrealistic body measurements. This gives way to eating disorders such as, anorexia and bulimia. The South Carolina Department of Mental Health "reports that 20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems" (2006) and...
- "8 million Americans have an eating disorder – seven million women,
- One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia,
- Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia,
- Nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder (Note: One in five Americans suffers from mental illnesses..."(2006).