Blog 17 Integrate a Quote 1

In the article, “Celebrity Bodies”, Daniel Harris explains how the medias places and astounding amount of pressure on men and women alike to be thin.  We see advertisements, pictures, and TV shows all the time and the images of what we see and what we aspire to be like are just illogical.  “The typical American woman in 5’4”, weighs 140 pounds, and wears a size 14; the average fashion model is 7 inches taller, 23 pounds lighter and twelve to fourteen sizes smaller. “ (Harris, 1) So, how is it fair that we put ourselves up to these standards?  The average individual can not eat only water, toast and coffee for over two years straight like actress/model, Elisa Donovan.  The average American also needs more than just plain lettuce and grapes for dinner.  Seeing out role models and people that look like they live such lives of glamour puts a lot of pressure on us.  This is one cause of eating disorders and diets among the general population.  Seeing the perfection of these individuals causes both men and women alike to compromise their health in order to attempt to attain these bodies.  Ordinary people will resort to plastic surgery, binge diets, dietary supplements and deadly diet pills; all of which are harmful to our health.  We have to realize that Hollywood actors, actresses, and models are a different type of people and not everyone can look like that in real life. I personally would not want to live my life constantly eating gross food and hating my life.