Thus, immediate action should be taken into consideration before this issue becomes further controversial. Examining further into the matter, the media is without a doubt guilty of promoting eating disorders in society. It depicts unfeasible body images, consequently allowing an opportunity for pro-anorexia campaigns to spread their messages on the Internet and endorse weight loss and dieting. The gathered information on how the media manipulates women to develop eating disorders will demonstrate the negative effects versus positive ones. .
Ideal Body Image.
In particular, the desire for thinness is so prevalent among women, that it has been identified as "normative discontent" (Dohnt, 2005). Normative discontent is defined when someone is unhappy with their body appearance. The role of the media influencing this ideal body appearance should not be taken lightly as it can cause extreme harmful effects on women's self- esteem. Throughout the years, models and celebrities are becoming slimmer and slimmer to try and match this unrealistic cultural standard of what people call beauty. This unrealistic portrayal of women in the media can have severe detrimental effect on a person's health. According to models com state the average American model is between 5'8 to 6'0 in height and between 90lb- 120lb. The average height and weight of women varies around the world, but in the United States in 2010 the average adult female height was 63.8 inches -- approximately 5-foot-4 -- and 166.2 pounds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The portrayal of super-thin models in the media makes women feel unhappy and dissatisfied with their own physical appearance. Therefore, millions of women fail to achieve this standard and feel embarrassed and ashamed of themselves the desire to be skinny coerces them to acquire an eating disorder. .
The media has always been used as a source for entertainment and information; however, in this day and age, its influences people's attitudes and beliefs by emphasizing slenderness as a way to measure women's a self- worth.
