Toxicity in the Media, a Measure of Body Dissatisfaction

In addition to advertising a thin model, the media uses digital photo retouching that is disproportionate, especially in recent years. The use of Photoshop and digital retouch is extremely used, it is impossible to make the model thin, high, wrinkle, perfect (Farid and Kee). Using a spray gun and digital enhancement, it creates an ideal fake female body (Russell-Mayhew and Saraceni, 91). Changing the appearance is easy. Legs, buttocks, arms can be made slim.

Poor images or physical complaints of the body are usually created by comparing the body and the media and creating the size and shape of the ideal male body, ie slender muscle. It is not uncommon for physically dissatisfied men to concentrate on weight loss and muscle exercise. It could lead to excessive exercise or to use images to improve the image. Certain male groups such as young men, homosexual men, athletes, body builders, models, dancers, etc. are considered to be particularly susceptible to poor body quality and physical anxiety. This is because they are likely to be judged based on their weight and appearance (or they believe they will be judged)

Psychological researchers Christopher Ferguson, Benjamin Winegard, Bo Winegard believe that the influence on the physical dissatisfaction of the media is exaggerated. They believe that the media will not have a serious impact on physical discontent. Instead, they found that, in terms of physical complaints of adolescent young people, their colleagues are more influential than the media.

One of the most common external factors of physical dissatisfaction is media, and recently social media. Through TV, magazines, the Internet, advertisements, people of all ages are attacking images. These images often enhance the ideal of a stylist, art team, digitally manipulated, unrealistic, unavailable, highly stylized appearance that can not be realistically realized. Those who believe they do not meet the criteria compared to these images will feel strong physical discontent and it will compromise their mental and physical health.

The dissatisfaction with the body image means a negative view towards that person's appearance. Historically, people are dissatisfied with the physical image of a woman; women with an unsatisfactory body image are taking extreme diet to reduce complaints caused by eating disorders. In addition, some women also receive surgery to reconstruct their shape and appearance. Since surgery is not 100% safe and there are some undesirable side effects, plastic surgery endangers life. However, dissatisfaction of the body image is no longer a phenomenon affecting mere women, men are suffering now. Some men are addicted to the ideal body image and take extreme measures to achieve it. Due to the media, dissatisfaction with the image of the body is becoming more common among men