Lesson #10

You have plenty to write about at this point. The subject of the jounal entry on your blog for this lesson is one of your choosing. The entry should be at least 250 words.


Wow, I've learned quite a bit from F111X, and I'm sure the toughest lessons are yet to come. Since I come from an area of limited research sources, I'm having some difficulty finding non electronic, up-to-date sources that back up my claim. I'm going to ask around for some magazines that depict the latest fashion, maybe I'll find some support from those, but it seems like a fashion magazine would oppose my thesis. Which, by the way, my thesis is that the media is having a negative impact on the body image of its viewers.
Most females that the media uses are either very in shape, toned, and sculpted, or they are ridiculously thin. And what I mean by ridiculously thin is that they're so skinny they're unhealthy. All we have to do is mingle with the general population to see that the media isn't promoting the average joe. Somewhere I read that only eight out of a hundred girls have a chance at becoming a model, and only one in a hundred has are capable of being a super-model. Pretty skewed huh?
Models used to be larger than the average person because in the early 1900's only the wealthy could afford to be overweight. More money=more food=more fat. People who were thinner obviously had to work hard to feed themselves and in the process burned off a lot of what they ate. Now the figures have completely switched (no pun intended). Models are incredibly thin and 65% of the population is overweight.
I don't think that these issues are anything that the government should regulate, I like the way The Tale of Despareaux puts it, "You might as well make flies illegal, or sweat, or Monday morning..." I think that these issues are ones that need to be dealt with individually, the people need to step up to the plate (or maybe some need to step away from it)and focus on a healthy way of living, rather than trying to be thin or splurging on food.