The way the media exaggerates the importance of beauty and a slim physique puts a lot of pressure on young women to live up to society's expectations. Women are expected to have a thin waist, flawless skin, a nice smile, and a pretty face, even though it's nearly impossible. For women, especially adolescents, this could cause psychological problems like body dissatisfaction, which could lead to eating disorders, depression, a low self esteem, and eventually cosmetic surgery. These high expectations also affect adolescents socially causing them to become anti-social. According to a study by the Keep It Real Campaign, 80% of 10-year-old American girls have already been on a diet(Roberts). Society expects women to live up to the slim physique…show more content… There are so many new technologies that can help people change their image to what they think maybe the "perfect" image. For example, there is liposuction, implants, face lifts, botox, lip injections, and the list goes on. Women spend thousands of dollars trying to create a "perfect" image out of themselve's; it's almost as though they are treating themselves as a canvas instead of an already finished piece of art, as they should. American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery found that women had more than 10.3 million cosmetic surgery procedures done in 2013, which was a 471 percent increase in cosmetic surgery procedures since 1997(Kane). Some women go under dozens of surgeries just to fix the insecurities they have about themselves; for example, most women feel like their breast are too small so they get implants, or they feel like their lips aren’t plump enough they get injections. Americans are spending massive amounts of money on surgeries for a number of different reasons; in 2011 $10.4 billion dollars was spent on cosmetic surgeries alone(Dicker). In some cases cosmetic surgery is absolutely necessary, for example, severe burn victims may need surgery to repair their burned skin, but in most cases these procedures are used to change peoples physical appearance to something they think is a more pleasant appearance. Not all cosmetic surgeries have a…show more content… The media's expectations causes women to feel overwhelmed, stressed, and pressured into being something that is nearly impossible to be. Being a young girl makes it even harder, especially going through puberty because they are experiencing different changes in their body they never had before; along with gaining weight, acne, and a new menstrual cycle to get used to adolescents also have to deal with the hormonal changes and mood swings that come along with growing up. The media may not realize it, but by the media exploiting about how important it is to stay young looking, skinny, and beautiful they are influencing the bullying that goes on today. It's such a tragedy that the world is so blind to the fact that the media is the leading cause of this expectation of women and society is doing nothing to change it. Some women don't even have the confidence to walk out of the house in shorts, skirts, or tank tops, but for some women it's casual clothing. All women, no matter what shape or size they are, should accept themselves for who they are instead of belittling themselves for not being what society expects them to
