Also the things we buy can affect the way we think about ourselves and view our bodies. A big one for girls is the Barbie doll. The Barbie doll is the perfect woman, she has the perfect body, lips, skin, eyes, hair, clothes the list goes on. This can affect the way a young girl thinks she is suppose to look like. In the book “The Body Burden, Living in the Shadow of Barbie” by Stacey Handler she goes on to explain more about the affects Barbie has and can have on girls.
Another way women and girls are affected by the media via their bodies is celebrities and models. These people have perfect figures, wear the perfect clothes and they can shape the styles of clothing as well. In the 80’s and 90’s wearing high cut shirts so you could see your mid-drift was very in style. I remember getting handy-me-down clothes with shirts that were high cut and I didn’t like it because I was afraid they would creep up and someone would see my skin. Women tend to shape themselves after the styles that are the new hot thing on the market.
Although the world hasn’t focused so much on men and how they should look, this is starting to increase in society. Now in movies men who are suppose to play teenagers in high school films have the perfect bodies with huge muscles which is unrealistic because you’re still growing and developing those muscles while in high school. There may be more pressure on boys in the future to have the perfect body, be the best athlete, be super strong or look like the men on the WWE.
