The cost of the ideal body
How many times have you stood in front of the mirror, pinching and picking at every undesirable parts of your body? All the time right? Being a woman in today’s society means that you constantly have to worry about your appearance. You have to make sure that you are not too thin, not too fat, not too wide, not too anything. All creating an unrealistic body image. Body Dissatisfaction has become so relevant to women’s health, that more studies are being done now to measure and address the issue. These expectations have created serious health risks amongst women. I came across this meta-analysis research written by Shelly Grabe and Janet Shibley Hyde in 2006. The paper focused on a total of 98 studies, the results were analyzed to compare body dissatisfaction among White women, Black women, Hispanic-American women, and Asian-American women. It came to no surprise to read that body dissatisfaction has been proven to create psychological consequences such as, eating disorders and, de...