Barbie’s perfect image has impacted young children by influencing and pressuring them to be this idealized, fake human who is perfect in every asset. The different forms of play with children and their Barbie dolls can represent how they perceive their body image. Anger and torture play can be a representation of the young child’s disapproval of their body image, as opposed to the societal norm of feminine expression. The feminine image that the doll gives off to young children has damaged children’s perception on body figure and beauty.
Social media and pop culture has a vast impact on supporting and influencing eating disorders. There are several websites such as Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr that support pro-ana (pro-anorexia) and pro-mia …show more content…
This can be harmful for people who have an eating disorder, especially during early on-set, because these websites can encourage people to continue their behaviors and believe that their abnormities are acceptable. The websites and/or blogs include instructions and advice on how to be anorexic or bulimic, workout routines, and display images of women who are extremely underweight, as a positive image. Csipke and Horne continue, “the term ‘pro-eating disorder’ views eating disorders as lifestyles rather than disorders” (197). A pro-ana website, explained by Csipke and Horne “contains a well-written statement of a pro-anorexia philosophy. Not only is anorexia viewed as a lifestyle choice, but those who embrace it are praised for the desirable qualities involved in being a ‘successful’ anorexic: control over oneself, self-discipline and the denial of pleasure and nourishment. This particular site makes a further connection between anorexia and the notion of free will: overcoming the impulse to eat is reconstructed as an exercise of volition over a deterministic, reflex-like impulse”(197). The pro-ana and pro-mia websites use calorie charts and BMI calculators to help encourage people to ritually use these
Social media and pop culture has a vast impact on supporting and influencing eating disorders. There are several websites such as Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr that support pro-ana (pro-anorexia) and pro-mia …show more content…
This can be harmful for people who have an eating disorder, especially during early on-set, because these websites can encourage people to continue their behaviors and believe that their abnormities are acceptable. The websites and/or blogs include instructions and advice on how to be anorexic or bulimic, workout routines, and display images of women who are extremely underweight, as a positive image. Csipke and Horne continue, “the term ‘pro-eating disorder’ views eating disorders as lifestyles rather than disorders” (197). A pro-ana website, explained by Csipke and Horne “contains a well-written statement of a pro-anorexia philosophy. Not only is anorexia viewed as a lifestyle choice, but those who embrace it are praised for the desirable qualities involved in being a ‘successful’ anorexic: control over oneself, self-discipline and the denial of pleasure and nourishment. This particular site makes a further connection between anorexia and the notion of free will: overcoming the impulse to eat is reconstructed as an exercise of volition over a deterministic, reflex-like impulse”(197). The pro-ana and pro-mia websites use calorie charts and BMI calculators to help encourage people to ritually use these