Cultural Practices (media)

In our society the media plays a large role when it comes to body image. The differences between male and female body image it's quit what people would think. Most people would say that only women are targeted by the media to be skinny, but that is totally wrong. Just as women are influenced and told to be skinny, men are being told that they need to be in crazy shape. Slim body's and big muscles have been standard of what the media calls "sexy" since before anybody can remember. It is the standard that then men are suppose to be strong and muscular and the woman is suppose to be slim and petite. It's ok to have a healthy looking body but you shouldn't have to kill yourself with weight loss and muscle building supplements to get there.