Body Image: Crossing Borders
Looking beyond American culture to examine body image in Spanish and Latin American cultures.
"Young girls are more afraid of becoming
Surprised? As unbelievable as this may sound, it is very true. Adolescents today are part of a culture that is obsessed with an unrealistic and distorted body image.
Why do we try to conform to such skewed body image and even resort to unhealthy measures to do so? To find the answer simply turn on your T.V. or open a fashion magazine. This idealized and unrealistic body image is being used to sell everything from deoderant to cars. The problem arises when adolescents begin to compare themselves to these images and find that they don't fit that mold. What is even scarier is that this idealized body image has become culturally acceptable.
* The purpose of this website is to show you that body image is culturally influenced and that the idealized body image in America is not the same in Spain and Latin America. All too often teens like you are exposed to only one type of body image - an unrealistic and often unattainable thin image that does not represent real people. Here we will expose you to only a brief portion of how Spain and Latin America are breaking ground and stepping away from the American idealized body image.
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