Having a low self-esteem and feeling dissatisfied with the way one looks may lead to serious health issues.
An abundant amount of individuals are known for developing eating disorders when they have a negative body image. "Females develop anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN), the two eating disorders mainly associated with a drive for thinness, about ten times more frequently than do males" states Cohen (57). Society should learn to accept themselves exactly how they were born because it is nearly impossible to live a satisfied and content life, if one is always complaining about the way they look. Wanting to look like another being, rather than being accepting of their own looks, will eventually lead to depression as explained in "The Media's Influence on Body Image Disturbance and Eating Disorders: We've Reviled Them,. Now Can We Rehabilitate Them?" by J. Kevin Thompson and Leslie J. Heinberg how "higher levels of depression, anger, weight dissatisfaction, and overall appearance dissatisfaction were found for the women who viewed the videotape [of thin women in bikinis in commercials] that contained images reflective of thinness and the importance of attractiveness" – since it is not simple to completely modify our image in order to look like someone else (165). .
It is inevitable to come in contact with the media. The use of television, internet, radios, magazines and the viewing of advertisements is a probable cause as to why men and women face body dissatisfaction. Many advertisements that are displayed in all of mass communication resources tend to objectify women, preventing them from feeling satisfied with how they look. In the article "Clinical Report-The Impact of Social Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families" Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe and Kathleen Clarke-Pearson acknowledge how "Many social media sites display multiple advertisements such as banner ads, behavior ads (ads that target people on the basis of their Web-browsing behavior), and demographic-based ads (ads that target people on the basis of a specific factor such as age, gender, education, marital status, etc.
