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Stuart Hetrick (Snh6227)
Junior Member
Username: Snh6227
Post Number: 4
Registered: 4-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 - 4:58 pm: |       |
With todays society focusing more and more on stars and "beautiful" women being sticks as well as even guys having to be muscular and ripped, how are we suppose to combat this issue and let the students know that how they are is ok and they shouldnt look to the tv for how to look. Individuality needs to be stressed now more than ever. |
Patrick Jansen (Pdgjansen)
Junior Member
Username: Pdgjansen
Post Number: 3
Registered: 9-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, October 04, 2007 - 1:01 pm: | |
It is improtant to let students know the people they see on tv aren't the norm. Remind them it's improtant to keep a good diet and exercise regularly. If they do that their bodies will take care of themselves. |
Emily Fitchwell (Elf7779)
Junior Member
Username: Elf7779
Post Number: 3
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Saturday, September 05, 2009 - 12:19 pm: | |
I agree, but along with promoting exercise and good health, with the issue of looking like the 'stars' on tv, it is vital to take time to talk about bulimia and anorexia, especially with the growing problems that they are causing in teens today. These issues should without doubt be talked about in health classes. |
Corbin P Henry (Cphenry)
Junior Member
Username: Cphenry
Post Number: 2
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 8:46 am: | |
Let them see national standards of women. If they have a brain at all they will see that the numbers don't match up with the things that you see on tv. |
Ryan Webb (Webbster3513)
Junior Member
Username: Webbster3513
Post Number: 3
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 7:00 pm: | |
You make a good point, but realistically if any parent lets their children compare themselves to super models and body builders thats bad parenting and they're at fault. |
tim sullivan (Tsullivan)
Junior Member
Username: Tsullivan
Post Number: 4
Registered: 8-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 8:32 am: | |
It's the "looking good feeling terrible syndrome" we only see "them" in the the looking good state we rarely see them in the terrible state. |
Allie Ann Law (Aal1078)
Junior Member
Username: Aal1078
Post Number: 5
Registered: 2-2010
| | Posted on Monday, February 22, 2010 - 8:59 am: | |
I have noticed that today, numerous people are having issues with self-esteem. Because some people today like actors, actresses, and models are these gorgeous, thin stick figures, others who may not look like all these gorgeous say to themselves, why don’t I look like that. I just don’t understand it. People have a habit of comparing themselves to people like actresses and models because they want to be more like them. I just picture what they have to go through to get so beautiful. It doesn’t happen overnight. People like models and actresses have to watch what they eat because they in these professions they are being watched from an audience and seen on screen, so they don’t want to be big and have people make fun of them. I don’t think male actors really have this problem. I have seen movies with fat actors, but not actresses. Girls I think are far more obsessed with how they look than guys. What I want to know is why girls go through such great lengths. To look the way they do. Some people choose to starve themselves, other famous people may get liposuction, breast implants, lip collagen and plastic surgery. Yeah they can afford it, but to me, that tells me that they are in a way unhappy with the way they look. With time I have accepted who I am, and others have to. I don’t need fancy surgeries to tell me who I am. I am a good person with or without looks that most people would die for. We all have unique characteristic and we are all different in one form or another, but I don’t think it makes us any less important. All I need to know is that no one is perfect. Some may have the perfect body, perfect eyes, or perfect hair, but no one is perfect. I wouldn’t dare make friends with anyone who thinks they are perfect. We are all created differently. Now some people may be more attractive than others, but to me, looks are not the only thing associated with self-esteem. I put that at the bottom of that list. I am accepted for being a kind, smart, loving and caring individual who is always there for those who love me and care about me. I don’t need good looks to help my self esteem, when everyone just accepts me for me.
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