Thursday, October 25, 2007
Body Image
Body image is constructed by others' perception of how we look, which in turn makes us feel self conscious or confident, whatever the case may be. If you feel as though others look at you with disgust, you will have low self-esteem, but if you feel that others think you have a decent body, you will feel good about yourself. In prior years in other countries, a person with a large body was viewed as powerful, because they could afford food. This can be related to problems in countries in which the habitants are starving, and have imaciated bodies. Body image is constructed differently in different cultures, depending on factors such as wealth and food availability. However, in countries like the US, obesity has become accepted, although anyone will agree that it is unhealthy. In the CR essays, the authors recognize that obesity is a bad, but provides reasons for obese America, because people would rather have jobs sitting at computers that pay high wages than doing manual labor for lower pay. Many obese people realize that they are overweight, but are not willing to cut the calories and get on the treadmill to lose it.
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i think you've included good points but i think it could be better if u elaborated a bit more on them, such as the view of body image in other cultures.
I agree you maybe could have elaborated a little more, but you had my attention in the first few lines when you said that body image is not neccessarily what you think of yourself, but the way society thinks of you in turn making you self concious. I think we can almost all relate to that feeling. Which kind of leads into the rest of what you wrote.
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