Blackfen School for Girls E Magazine Feb/March 2014 | Page 9

How the Media Affects the Self
Esteem and Body Image of Young
Girls
Growing up, almost everyone deals
with the process of losing that
horrible baby fat even some at
blackfen, blaming their mom because
of all the Twinkies and Ding Dongs
she bought. Some though, are lucky
enough to get out of that stage and
lose weight, learning what calories
are. They noticed though that once
they lose weight, they want to be
skinnier; like a model this it what
causes anorexia .They lose sight of
the healthy reasons for their weight
loss evolving it into reasons
portrayed by the media of the selfimage. Though people can’t always
see that watching all the skinny
models and girls in Hollywood
seeming so “perfect” affect their
persona of themselves, it does. The
media puts such an intense pressure
on young girls today to look like the
“ideal” image.