In our society today is common to see constantly on television and in advertisements images of slim models and physical traits. These images often flood our daily lives and are slowly emerging as a prevailing stereotype, a role model, an ideal of how it should be.
However, the models and actresses who show they have a physique that actually corresponds to a very small percentage of society.
The rest of the time people tend to live an intense struggle to try to get your body adapts to the prevailing stereotype. This situation is especially emphasized more strongly in women than in men, as the stereotype that female sample is much more demanding and more necessary strength. Also this phenomenon occurs more frequently in young women and adolescents. This is because adolescence is a stage of life where social relations and the need for acceptance are much stronger and are more affected by things such as appearance.
The fact that a stereotype of beauty is so strongly rooted in society means that most people feel the need to conform to this stereotype. When this correlation is not achieved between the body that would have and the body that has often appear low self-esteem issues.
In Uruguay, according to a study a few years ago commissioned by the company of cosmetics and hygiene products Dove, revealed that over 90% of women are dissatisfied with their own appearance. This same study also revealed that over 50% assumed to have low self-esteem problems. Among women under 18 years, the number of those in charge have low self-esteem problems amounts to more than 60%.
These data are a clear example of a situation that affects a large number of people throughout the world and it would be important to reverse in order to build a society where diversity in physical appearance to be accepted in a more natural without the need to respond to a single stereotype of beauty that for many women can be very difficult to achieve.
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