Self Acceptance
In our society, you will be judged on what you wear, what you look like, how you act, and on practically every other personal trait and imperfection about you. When you log onto Instagram, you are greeted with images of photo shopped models. Cosmetic surgeons are worried about the consequences of this increased visibility on one particular sector of society - the young. Young people are advised to reduce the amount of time the spend on social media. Instagram, in particular, has been held responsible by the Royal Society of Public Health (RSPC) for harming the mental health of young people. The RSPC said, “Young people...are bombarded with images that attempt to pass off the edited off as the norm. This practice is contributing to a generation of young people with poor body image and body confidence.” In addition, BAAPS president elect Michael Cadier warned of the dangers of people undergoing surgery too young. He told BBC Radio One Newsbeat, “Young people are still immature, vulnerable and it’s too big an operation with too many potential life-long implications.” Mr. Cadier advised teenagers to investigate other avenues. The researchers found that patients who are dissatisfied with surgery may request repeat procedures or experience depression and adjustment problems, social isolation, family problems, self-destructive behaviors and anger toward the surgeon and his or her staff. We should be teaching girls that beauty isn’t where you shop for clothes or where you buy makeup. But who you are. We should be teaching girls it isn’t about wanting to change your flaws but embrace them. We should be teaching girls about acceptance and not criticism. We are teaching girls to look at their flaws instead of their attributes striving for perfection that isn’t real.Comparing themselves to models in magazines. Filtering every picture they post like they have to. Editing everything so heavily. 75% of girls with low self-esteem reported engaging in negative activities like cutting, bullying, smoking, drinking, or disordered eating. This compares to 25% of girls with high self-esteem. 7 in 10 girls believe that they are not good enough or don’t measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members. The more positive reinforcement we give our young teen girls, it'll build their confidence so they can avoid these problems.
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