We've all seen it - tabloids, online magazines etc telling us that there is a perfect body type, photographing celebrities and totally shaming aspect of their bodies. Is it a problem in your opinion? How much of an effect do you think this has on society? ..On the self esteem of women? Do you think it is only limited to shaming of women or is it happening to men too?
I personally think it is a huge problem and has created a shallower society where we are all now valued far more for what we look like than what we do/who we are as people. I suppose that social media hasn't helped. I think that eating disorders and other body image type problems often start with this shaming in the media.
Is there anything that can be done to start changing the way that the media report like this? Or even to just start highlighting the issue?
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Body Shaming in the media
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alexj86 · 20/10/2016 23:51
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