'Perfect' doesn't cut it.

Women all over the world at some point in their life will be affected by digital media, FACT.

The way women are portrayed in digital media nowadays is shaping the way normal everyday women see themselves. With so much pressure on woman to have "a perfect body image" it is no wonder that the diet industry is now worth between $40 - $100 billion dollars, with much thanks to digital media for helping them to this outrageous number. Digital media is a very dangerous tool when it comes to health and when the whole world is telling you to be stick thin and beautiful then you feel this is what you must be to fit in.

Girls as young as 11 years old are developing eating disorders because of the negative impact the media is having on them. Women in the twenty first century cannot fully enjoy life as they are too busy stressing over how many calories are in their lunch, if you can call just a salad a nutritional lunch. The media needs to realize how big an impact it is having on innocent people by using stick thin models in their adverts, they should be using real woman to show that size or 'beauty' don't actually matter. Using online videos and photos means that women have access to these kinds of images 24/7. Women who are unhappy with their bodies are most likely to google images of skinny woman to try persuade themselves to become thinner and more attractive. This is highly dangerous as woman who do this end up becoming victims of eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia.





Although their is an enormous pressure on women to look amazing by digital media it can also encourage woman to take action against the weight issues it presents to women. This woman has taken a picture of her stomach after the birth of her children
to show people online not to be ashamed of their bodies as she believes she is naturally beautiful even with stretch marks on her stomach and it not being toned or flat. She did this to show people that they should feel comfortable in their own skin and not worry about what digital media is telling us to look like as beauty is natural and not fake. This photo fits well into my blog as it shows that the digital media industry hasn't managed to brain wash everyone into thinking that beauty is being skinny and having an immaculate complexion, that infact beauty is in the eye of the beholder and being comfortable in your natural skin is beauty.