Dockterman Dockterman is an author who published the article “Barbie’s Got a New Body” in 2016. Within this piece of article, Eliana Dockterman mentions that Mattel, the owner before her, claims that Barbie does not have any influence on what young girls think about their body images. However, their source of dissatisfaction with their body comes from thin models and even their own family members as Mattel mentions. On the other hand studies do show that barbie does have an influence on what young girls think is the ideal body image (Dockterman, 47). Than why are young girls so dissatisfied with their own bodies these days and to what extend? Are they being influenced by what society thinks is the right body image? Or are there other sources…show more content… The greatest’s causes on why young girls are being so dissatisfied with their own bodies are because of culture, media, and society.
Firstly, culture is a particular society that has its own beliefs, customs, and arts. Depending on where someone is within this world there are different rules that they like to follow and mold their people around. “The western life is defined as a lifestyle that is high-consuming and individualistic in its nature” (Laungani, 2006). These are commonly in the US, Canada, and western European countries. However, some countries that are not western style can still have media that is western style and influence the younger generation. A good comparison of culture influence on body dissatisfaction would be between the US and Iran. Through Frisén and Holmqvist article they write about the study of Akiba where he had done an experiment between the US and Iran to see body dissatisfaction in the younger generation. The results Akiba came up with was that the US had more body dissatisfaction than the Iran people. In fact, the reason for this is because Iran still doesn’t have media affecting them unlike the US (Friesen,Holmqvist 135). However it’s not only the women that are dissatisfied with their bodies, men are equally…show more content… No matter where people go it's always accessible, no wonder media has been taking advantage of what they can and want to put up. But this can influence people more in a negative way. How does the media manipulate young girls to be dissatisfied with their bodies? As a matter of fact magazines and models are some of the major contributors here. All they show is the right body, how to lose weight, and so on. This is why “Magazine exposure was related to awareness of the thin ideal” (Anderson, 66). In a study, it showed that “69 percent of girls reported that magazine pictures influenced their idea of the perfect body shape and 47 percent reported wanting to lose weight because of magazine pictures. “(Anderson, 66). In fact, media has taken advantage of the new ways technology can reach people. They are changing people’s positive view of their own body into negative comments about how they hate certain features. Even though the media understands this concept they are still using it because they know that individuals will still read to keep up with what society wants. All in all, people need to please themselves instead of pleasing society
