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Self Esteem Love Yourself Today. By the PowerPuff Girls. What is beauty?. * Media’s definition of beauty: skinny, flawless skin, curves, and perfect features * The reality is, nobody can fit to all these standards - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
By the PowerPuff Girls
Self EsteemLove Yourself
Today
What is beauty?* Media’s definition of beauty:
skinny, flawless skin, curves, and perfect features
* The reality is, nobody can fit to all these standards
* Real beauty doesn’t depend on what you are, how you look, or how big or small you may be; real beauty is within.
Media’s Effect on YOU!
* Because of media’s standards, over 53% of teens are unhappy with their bodies.
* This affects the way we view others as well as ourselves.
* Media can drive some teenagers to develop eating disorders.
“Mirror on the wall …who is the thinnest of them all?”
• Eating Disorders: serious behavior problems in which a person feels as though they need to under or over feed themselves to achieve physical perfection.
• Have highest mortality rate of any mental illness.• Usually developed during adolescence or early adulthood.• Includes Anorexia, Bulimia nervosa and Binge-eating.• Anorexia is the 3rd most common cronic illness amongst
adolescence.
Low Self Esteem in Boys* Many Males are self-conscious about their chest size and stomachs* Tend to over exercise and work themselves in hopes of gaining the six pack perfect body advertised by the media* Many males resort to drugs such as steroids to achieve physical “perfection”* Also feel self-conscious about intelligence
Recognizing Eating Disorders
* Dramatic weight loss* Obsessed with their weight
or body image* Isolation (from others)* Wearing big or baggy
clothing* Frequent trips to bathroom* Vague or secretive eating
habits.* Dizziness and headaches. * Hiding food in strange
places
Effects and Treatment
*Can cause heart and kidney disease and even death!* 10% people with eating disorders receive treatment.* Most health insurances don’t cover eating disorders* Treatment : $500 per day -$2000 per day ;average cost for a month of inpatient treatment is $30,000.* An estimated 3-6 months of inpatient care is needed.
Stereotypes/Racism/Discrimination/ Sexuality
* Are generalizations people make about the characteristics of all the member of a group based on image. * Arise during conflicts; one side develops negative assumptions about the other side* race, religion, gender, culture, appearance, sexuality, etc.
* Racism and discrimination have caused many wars and violence * Although some stereotypes are meant as compliments, it can still offend a person of that group. * Sexuality is a person’s sexual preference. It does not define a person.
Stereotypes/Racism/Discrimination/ Sexuality Continued…..
A South Park Stereotype!!!!!NOT ACCEPTABLE!!!!!
* Television, books, comic strips, and movies promote stereotypes.
Sticks and Stones May Break My
Bones, But Stereotypes Hurt
Too…* People preform poorly in situations where they feel stereotyped.
- This could be in school, on a sports team, or at work.* Being targeted by stereotypes and prejudice affects self control.* People are more likely to be aggressive after they’ve faced prejudice in a given situation.* Stereotypes make people feel less worthy than they are.
Linden’s Statistics When 6th-8th grade students were asked “What
negatively affects your self-esteem the most?”- 38.4% answered “media”- 39.4% answered “peers”
- 22.2% answered “themselves”
When 6th-8th graders were asked “What are you most self conscious about?”- 53.6% answered weight/physical appearance
- 38.1% answered intelligence- 5.2% answered religion
- 3.1% answered race
Building Self-Esteem
* Make a list:- 5 strengths- 5 things you
admire about yourself- 20 things you
have accomplished, big or small
- 10 inexpensive, simple things you can reward yourself with* Recognize and accept the differences you have.* Repeat positive statements to yourself (ex: I am a good person, many people like me, I feel good about myself, etc.)