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Body Image. Our bodies, ourselves. Advertisement. Definition of “body image”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Body ImageOur bodies, ourselves
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Definition of “body image”
“Our body image is formed out of every experience we have ever had - parents, role models, and peers who give us an idea of what it is like to love and value a body. Image is formed from the positive and the negative feedback from people whose opinions matter to us. It is also the way we ourselves have perceived our body to fit or not fit the cultural image.”
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Why Hong Kong women are getting thinner and thinner?
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The Hong Kong media has been portraying
distorted view of beauty
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Media
slimming companies…
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always bombard us with stories of how they
transforms a fat and unhappy woman into a
charming beauty
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magazine covers…
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Full of skinny models
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Modeling industry….
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the skinny models having catwalk on the fashion shows
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The message “Slimness equated to Feminine beauty” is spread out and become the
standard.
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The media has given young women the
impression that only thin girls deserve to have a wonderful life
and are worthy of those they love.
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Influenced by the media, more women are trying
to keep fit and lose weight.
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According to a survey conducted by the cosmetics company DOVE in 2004, based on interviews with 900 teenage girls aged 15 to 17 from Taiwan, Korea, Singapore and other Asian countries. The findings have shown that local youngsters are influenced by the media and tend to view how they look as the key to confidence and happiness.
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In fact, the mass media is covering the truth, most of the models appeared in the magazines, TV are artificial and only well-packaged by the media. Do you know how the media make a woman look prettier? Let watch the video!
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However, the survey also mentioned that actually most students know the advertisements are an exaggerated version of reality, they cannot help but feel threatened by the attractive people around them. So they keep on trying to find ways so as to lose weight.
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Recommendation for the mass media
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The media should try to change their culture and show the correct
image of feminine beauty.
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1.On the silver screenFilmmaking and adverting industries can cooperate and bring the message that
beauty comes in every body size, so as to encourage the audience to consider inner beauty more rather than the outward
appearance
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For example, this message was showed in a
movie in 2001- Shallow Hal.
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Hal is a shallow man who used to look at women's physical beauty only. One day, he is hypnotized by a stranger and becomes able to see others' inner beauty. He falls in love with Rosemary, a warm-hearted and funny woman.
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In everyone's eyes, Rosemary is a heavily obese woman. However, in Hal’s, the kind-hearted woman is stunningly beautiful. At the end of the story, Hal wakes up from his hypnotized state and comes to realize that Rosemary is actually morbidly obese. He is shocked by Rosemary's physique, but he still loves her despite her weight.
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While a lot of movies and advertisements put people's successes down to their good looks and skinny shapes, Shallow Hal gives us an opportunity to examine our own concept of beauty
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Apparently, more movies or advertisements can be produced in a similar way; we think this is one of the effective long term measures to change people’s perception and educate our next generation by giving them a correct value on beauty.
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2. On roadside billboards
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Companies should not only employ the skinny models but reject those with a larger body shape. Giving opportunities to the plus-sized
women is the first step to let the general public accept them.
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There is a modeling company called “PlusModels”. All the models they use are plus-sized company and their slogan is “because beauty doesn’t only come in a size “six”.
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Despite this, their models still can have a great success--Barbara Brickner is one of the examples. She is arguably one of the most famous plus-size models in the world. With countless campaigns, magazine covers and even a calendar to her credit, the model with the famous smile has a career that shows no sign of slowing.
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This shows us that not only the slim models can be successful in the modeling industries; plus-sized models can be the same too.
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If more companies are willing to use more plus-sized models instead of
accepting slim models only, This may then make the HK
women also accept plus-sized. So there will be fewer
women attempting to reduce their weight in order
to enter the modeling industries.
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3. Fashion Industry
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The fashion industries should reduce or even ban the use of models that are underweight and suffering from anorexia For example, the organizers of the Madrid fashion week, which took place last September, decided to turn away any model that had a Body Mass Index (BMI) lower than 18.
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How to measure our body weight?•Body mass index (BMI) •Waist-hip ratio
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• Body mass index is a convenient method of assessing body weight. The World Health Organization has devised a system of calculating BMI using body height and weight.
• Calculation: Weight (kilogram me) / Height (meter) 2
• The World Health Organization suggested in 2000 that the desirable BMI range for Asian adults should be 18.5 to 22.9.
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Waist-hip ratio • The waist-hip ratio is a measurement of central obesity,
which is the quantity of fat accumulated around the waist.
• The waist-hip ratio is related to the risks for cardiovascular diseases. A high ratio suggests that most of the body fat is accumulated around the waist, which means there is an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases.
• Calculation: Waist Circumference (cm) / Hip Circumference (cm)
• Researches show that the desirable waist-hip ratio should be less than 1.0 for men, while the desirable waist-hip ratio should be less than 0.85 for women.
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Conclusion• The increasing number cases about underweight in Hong
Kong prove to us that over-slimming is a pressing issue. In terms of education, the government can organize campaigns to spread the message of the importance of healthy diet. Famous stars can be invited to be the spokespersons of the campaigns. They can be starred in the advertisements, in order to exert more positive influence to the public. Besides, the media needs to take responsible and try to show a healthy and realistic image of feminine beauty. With the government and the media working hand in hand, I believe that this problem can be alleviated more efficiently, and a healthy population can be eventually achieved.
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Discussion• 1. What do you think the image of feminine beauty in Hong Kong
nowadays?
• 2. Do you agree with the concept “thin is in”? Why?
• 3. Why do people continue to lose weight even when they know it’s negative impacts?
• 4. To what extent do you think the mass media plays an important role in promoting “thin is in”?
• 5. Should the media be held responsible for the growing trend of anorexia in Hong Kong? Please explain.