From cartoons, commercials and ads, The thinner the woman the better. Our media has led our women to think that to be beautiful, successful, and the best, you have to be skinny. there are ads for liposuction, plastic surgery, and even over the counter drugs and supplements to help hunger suppression and to burn fat. The more that this is put in our media, the more it seems to hurt our women versus help them.
There have been many cases where these ads and shows have been the demise for many women. There have been increases in women have binge eating disorders and purging in order to be as skinny as possible. Some of these women have taken this to the unfortunate levels of hurting themselves for this satisfaction. What is the huge issue with these disorders, is the more women do it, the worse it gets and theyeventually become addicted to it. They become so addicted that illnesses occur internally, emothionally, psychologically, and even result in deaths.
I'm not saying that We as a nation do not have a problem with obesity, but we need to create more ads and shows, in order to show the healthy ways of living. The show Biggest Loser is a great show that allows thos of plus sizes to understand and come to terms with their issues of health. The show gives them that outlet that says, "You are not alone, and you can do something about it."
The more we decide to embrace plus size in or media, the easier it would be to do away with these type of issues, and hopefully more healthier forms of helping women will come to fruition.
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