Everyday a person is thinking to themselves that they look terrible and have something wrong about them. When reading this article from Glamour magazine, I really saw how statistics show me how many people are hurting their bodies and talking down to themselves from looking at all the celebrities in the media. In a recent study, Glamour magazine surveyed more than 300 women of all different sizes. What came out of it was that "on average, women have 13 negative body thoughts daily." Hearing that news was devastating. Once you think about how much women criticize their bodies, I feel like that is horrible to hear. Personally I can see that because not everyone is perfect and you can't help but think about your body daily. According to Kearney-Cooke, "our unattainable cultural beauty ideals, our celebrity worship all play a part." I completely agree with what Cooke is saying. In todays culture the only way to be accepted as beautiful is to be skinny, made up well, and have no flaws. I think many people idolize different celebrities and follow their beauty regimen from the same hairstyle to getting their bodies to look like theirs."There are so many times you can be hit with the message that your body isn't right- whether you see it on TV, hear it from your mom or just feel it," says Nichole Wood-Barcalow, Ph.D, a psychologist at the Laureate Eating Disorders Program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Reading the rest of the article you really get to see that its not all your fault that you think negatively about your body everyday. Overall, I think this article was interesting and shows how much women think about their bodies.
Source: www.glamour.com/heath-fitness/2011/02/shocking-body-image-news-97-percent-of-women-will-be-cruel-to-their-bodies-today
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