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In the Name of Beauty


             So how much of this is caused by women we see in magazines, on billboards and filling our Instagram news feeds? Though no one can determine the exact amount of people feeling poor about themselves after viewing social media, because there are far too many factors playing into it, some studies show that it could possibly have a negative effect on you. Based on research done by Kerri Johnson at UCLA, she came to find that "our mental representation of the average women is more extreme than anything you will see in Vogue and this happens by age 5." (Alexander, 5).
             So in this society constantly bombarded by information of what beauty truly is how are we reacting? With phrases flying around such as thigh-gap and vanity sizing taking over the internet are we beginning to realize that maybe these things just are not meant for us and our body types or are we criticizing ourselves because we don't look like the girl on Instagram, with the cute boyfriend and nice clothes; who basically just seems to of had her life laid out perfectly for her because she is beautiful. Are we grasping that women who are 5'11" and 250 lbs. are not meant to have stick legs and a "thigh gap" or are we just so stuck in the era that a "beautiful woman" has to contain these things?.
             How much of this is caused by how we think we look when standing in front of a mirror vs. how we look to the woman we pass by in Walmart? Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), is described as a distinct mental disorder in which a person has symptoms of a medical illness, but the symptoms cannot be fully explained by an actual physical disorder. People who suffer from this often see themselves as ugly or too big and turn to things such as plastic surgery to try to improve how they see themselves in the mirror. Though everyone else may see a 5'3" female who is probably a size 2, she would see someone who is fat and would dress in ways to hide her body.


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