Throughout the world, there are people, who are so unhappy with their bodies, that they will do anything to make it the picture perfect image of beauty. They will starve themselves, force themselves to purge, or even limit their calorie intake just to make them feel happy about themselves. Eating disorders can cause more problems than good and lead to a more devastating slippery slope that can cause unimaginable damage to ones body just to make it “beautiful.” So, what is the true meaning of beauty? Susan Bordo made a strong stance against the perfect body image against the formation of eating disorders. She claims that everyone is susceptible to forming an eating disorder due to what the media calls “beauty”. The media’s version of beauty …show more content…
“…the Fiji islands did not have access to television until 1995, when a single station was introduced It broadcasts programs from the United States, Great Britain, and Australia. Until that time, Fiji had no reported cases of eating disorders, and a study conducted by anthropologist Anne Becker showed that most Fijian girls and women, no matter how large, were comfortable with their bodies. In 1998, just three years after the station began broadcasting, 11 percent of girls reported vomiting to control weight, and 62 percent of the girls surveyed reported dieting during the previous months. (Bordo, 640)”
Everyone in Fiji was content with their bodies until they got introduced to what the media calls “beauty.” Even if it was just actors/actresses just showing off their bodies, it still affected the Fiji women. She also went into depth about how the African culture says that bigger women mean healthier. To them, skinner women mean poverty and sickness. That changed when they started entering people in the miss universe pageant and never being successful until they entered a skinny model for them and won. Which caused dieting to begin in that