Why Do People Want To Be Thin?

Having continuous exposure may influence onlookers to be self-conscious about their bodies and to be infatuated over physical appearances as a measure of their worth. (Granatino & Haytko, 2014). Body image in men shows that boys as young as 8 years old show concern over being the right shapes and many adults men ‘s self-esteem is related to how good they feel about their body shape. Women are the ones who are usually thought from such an early age to love you body, they are under continuous pressure to be a role model to their children, and to stay attractive and skinny. The question is, why do people want to be thin and for whom do they want to be thin? For themselves or the society? The question this research aims to explore is to find out how body perfect ideals in the media have a negative impact on body image and behavior of both men and women.

Determined to attain such goals is worrying and concerning, as the person could become dissatisfaction with his/her body, particularly if it differs from the so called standards of the society. Society ‘s expectations really shapes our beliefs about the ideal body image, and this is sometimes harmful. Different people have different ideas of the perfect body image, but we all are still severely influenced by societal pressures and the media (Perloff, 2014). The society tells us what kind of body to go all-out for, and we also see pictures of perfect body all around us on movies, television, online, magazines and newspapers. Exposures to these pictures are very unhealthy to someone who is not