Does anyopne think it's really the media the causes anorexia?

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To me, it's really the other girls at school that cause me to be insecure about my body.
I never cared about the girls in magazines, we all know that isn't real.
But it's these rail thin girls that walk around the school, that make me think I'm really fat.
I find it odd how whenever we are trying to reason the causes of anorexia amomng teenage girls we always blame the actresses. But no one seems to think about HIGH SCHOOL it's self and how alot of boys treat and talk about girls?

What's your opinion? Do you really think with most teens it's the media? Or is it highschool society?
 
I totally agree. While most girls see the Hollywood starlets and think that they'd like to be that skinny, they never do anything about it until they see someone stick thin like that in school, in the flesh
 
I think it does have something to do with the media.
People are telling models that you have to be a certain size to be high fashion.
Young girls see that.
When they edit pictures in magazines to make it look unrealistic?
Young girls also see that.
It's just about self-esteem issues.
If you're confident in yourself/body, you won't feel like you need to be a certain size.

But why do you worry about girls at your school?
Don't compare your body to theirs.
Love yourself for who YOU are, and embrace it! (:

Not all boys think the same.
The reason why boys think like this, is because society/media has brainwashed them to think that skinny/thin is the perfect body.
But, no matter what, you're going to find a guy that loves you for YOU, not how you look.
 
I think it's a mix of both. Some girls see skinny girls in magazines and want to be like them while others don't care. I think society has an equal impact, especially in school. I always overheard girls questioning their weight and wanting to be skinnier, when they were already thin!

And boys of course. Once in my school newspaper, a bunch of random boys were asked what they look for in a girl and almost all of them listed "skinny" as one of the qualities. What kind of message does that send? And some girls have it in their head, that when a guy rejects her, it's because she is fat. WTH?
 
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