Proof #1

In the article “On body image and strategies to both increase and decrease body size among adolescent boys and girls” Marita McCabe and Lina Ricciardelli state that the research conducted found that females were not happy with their bodies and were more likely to try to lose weight due to what they see on TV, Magazines, and the internet. In males it was found that males had attention grabbing eating and exercise patterns, which leads to significant health problems. It was also found that parents play an important role in passing on the sociocultural message dealing with the ideal body to their children. Females see very clearly that society has this opinion that the ideal body type is thin. The research focused on how girls reacted to models sizes. It was found that in adolescent males they became unhappy with their muscle tone not their weight when looking at the males they were observing. The results found highlighted the importance of looking at sociocultural pressures to lose weight or gain muscle tone and mass. Throughout this investigation it was found that more females were dissatisfied with their bodies than males. This research concludes that media does in fact play I vital role in the way people look and feel about their bodies.