It is easy to see that the media encourages an unhealthy focus on being thin, and that it thereby contributes to eating disorders, but is there more going on here?
Answer questions with A), B), C)
A) Inherent to the media influence theory of eating disorders is the presumption that the media can profoundly affect attitudes and behaviors, causing us to do extremely unhealthy things. But if the media is powerful enough to cause people to literally starve themselves to death, why is it so ineffective at other things (E.g., anti-smoking, anti-tweeting while driving campaigns)?
B)To complicate things even further, eating disorders are 7–8 times more likely in white females than among females of color. Why is that?
C) Please view the following video and share your impressions, what you learned and any new ideas about women’s self-image.
https://www.ted.com/talks/meaghan_ramsey_why_thinking_you_re_ugly_is_bad_for_you
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