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Young Female・s Obsession with Body: A Public Institution of A Private Individual
Introduction: Females・ image obsession
The world is worrying about its new generation. Young people would seem to suffer from depression in various degrees. ... In another study, 49 percent of young women were trying to lose weight, whereas 50 percent of teen girls under fifteen were found on diet (British Youth Council 1999; Hill et al. ... As a contemporary young woman, ：slenderness；, ideally with big breasts seems to be a desirable figure of every female should have posses; otherwise is ugly or wrong. ... The potential danger of dieting and the frustration in their body image frequently link up with reports on eating disorder. ... Within the boom of today・s consumer capitalism, which has been conceived as image-obsessed, narcissistic and devoted to physical improvement, young women in particular seem to be oppressed by their discontentment of their own bodies. General obsession with weight and appearance is not only found among populations of young females, but the media has indeed been aware of this fact, hence there has been a substantial increase in appearance related subjects found in magazines, on posters, as well as television. Attention on body is no longer an individual awareness merely, but a popular collective practice. Every young girl just cries ．I hate my shape・ or tries every means to starve herself so as to fit in the unreachable standard frame of her own eyes.
Since body image has become a noticeable exploration in society and academic field, and the factors implicated in this, is the central hypothesis of this analysis. This examination is narrowed to young woman instead of older women, because it is more likely that in cultures where female youth and beauty are linked signifiers of success and desire, then it would be this group of females who lose these qualities suffers most and characterised most by self-hatred. ... It initially looks at a range of feminist perspectives on women, and their bodies are then studied, bringing up the notion that women・s generalised dissatisfaction with physical outlook is closely connected to the control under patriarchal system. Secondly, the paper sets out to consider how consumer culture impacts on young females・ pursuit of slender beauty. ...
Social Meanings of Body-Hatred
The relationship between young women and their bodies is apparently a negative and even a damaging one; that some girls may go through some sets of physical and emotional torments, which can be refined as ．body-hatred. ... ・ However, with so many psychiatric explanations have been made in this area so far, little attention on the social and cultural context of body disturbance problems has been given.
Approximate Word count = 2178
Approximate Pages = 8.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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