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Body image is influenced by feelings and it actively influences much of the behavior, self-esteem, and psychopathology
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Body image is influenced by feelings and it actively influences much of the behavior, self-esteem, and psychopathology. Often our body perceptions, feelings and beliefs govern our life plan: who we meet, whom we marry, the nature of our interactions, our day-to-day comfort level. An ideal body image is promoted through the internet by pop-up window which forces attention of a reader on the contents of the message. Magazines, newspapers, and all other print media are targeted to influence the perception of a body image. Theater, television, radio advertisements and shows powerfully reinforce the extreme ideal with limited options of body image. Peer pressure takes root in childcare and continues all the way to graceful aging stages of ones life emphasizing the ideal and acceptable body image. An ideal body image of the late twentieth century had brought more negative results and consequences then positive. The idealistic shape of human physique imposes...
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