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It was found that 28 primetime situational comedies, 33% of the central female characters were below average weight. As the thinness of a female character increase the number of compliments she received from men did as well. |
It was found that 28 primetime situational comedies, 33% of the central female characters were below average weight. As the thinness of a female character increase the number of compliments she received from men did as well. <ref>{{cite journal|coauthors=Fouts, Gregory and Vaughan, Kimberely|title=Television Situation Comedies: Male Weight, Negative References, and Audience Reactions|journal=Sex Roles|year=2002|month=June|volume=46|issue=11/12|pages=439-442|url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/vux1891n61umjl2g/|accessdate=9 March 2012}}</ref> |
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Media Depictions of Eating Disorders
Eating disorders refer to a group of conditions marked by abnormal eating habits. They often times may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's physical and mental health or and individual forcing themselves to purge all the food from their system. [1]
Magazines
It has been proven that media exposure often contributes to the development or on-going presence of disordered eating or body image issues in women. Sypeck, Gray, and Ahrens state that "the apparent increase in eating disorders over the last several decades (Hoek, 1993) has coincided with a decrease in the media's portrayal of women's ideal body weight (Wiseman, Gray, Mosimann, & Ahrens, 1992). Sypeck, Gray, and Ahrens examined the magazines Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Mademoiselle, and Vogue from 1959 to 1999. They found that fashion models became increasingly thinner during the 1980s and 1990s. This is especially important considering the large number of women exposed to print media. Researchers have estimated that up to 60% of Caucasian middle school aged girls read at least one fashion magazine regularly.[2] Pictures depicted the models' entire bodies significantly increased in number from the 1960s to the 1990s. It was also found that from 1995 to 1999 models were dressed in far more revealing outfits than they were from 1959 to 1963. [3]
Television
It was found that 28 primetime situational comedies, 33% of the central female characters were below average weight. As the thinness of a female character increase the number of compliments she received from men did as well. [4]
References
- ^ "What is an Eating Disorder? : Some Basic Facts" (PDF). National Eating Disorder Association. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ The Commonwealth Fund (1). "The Commonwealth Fund Survey of the Health of Adolescent Girls". Retrieved 7 March 2012.
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Links to use
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_mental_illness#Eating_disorders http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/FQ.2011.65.1.58 http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/nedaDir/files/documents/handouts/MediaBI.pdf http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1740144506000611 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738399107001504