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How does the media’s perception of mental and physical health morph teens’ outlook on themselves? And how do students at IA avoid these pitfalls?

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The Media

What exactly does the media do?

•Exposure to media

•“Perfect Person” videoDove - Evolution Commercial

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Women

•How does the media portray women?

•Common stereotypes

•Some strides have been made in how the media portrays women

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WomenBeauty and Body Image

• Unattainable Beauty

•The Culture of Thinness

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Women

•Self Improvement or Self Destruction?

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Men

How are men portrayed?

•Stereotypes

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Men

Sports

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Men

When/How are boys influenced?

•Highlights

•Vulnerability and Emotions

•Violence and Anger

•Work vs. Domestic

•Race

•TV vs. Reality

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Solutions

How does this affect IA students?

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Resisting Stereotypes 

Solutions

“Staying True” videoSlip of the Tongue

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Solutions

•Boost your ego

•Feel Better About Your Body

•Take the initiative

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Works Cited • A Report on Mental Illness in Canada. Public Health Agency of Canada, 2002.• Barbie boots up. Time. Nov 11 1996. http://www.time.com/time/• Body Image. The Canadian Women's Health Network. 2007. http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/faq/bodyImage.html• Body Image and the Media. The Canadian Women's Health Network. 2007.

http://www.cwhn.ca/resources/faq/biMedia.html• How fake models are really made. The consumerist. 16 October 2006.

http://consumerist.com/consumer/dove/how-fake-models-are-really-made-207991.php• Media Portrayals of Men and Masculinity. Media Awareness Network.

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/men_and_masculinity/index.cfm• Resisting Stereotypes and Working for Change. Media Awareness Network.

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/stereotyping/women_and_girls/women_reform.cfm• The Diet Business: Banking on Failure. BBC News World Edition, Feb 5 2003.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2725943.stm• The Media's Influence. Perfect Illusions: Eating Disorders and the Family. PBS.

2003.http://www.pbs.org/perfectillusions/eatingdisorders/preventing_media.html• Women laserized to standardize dress sizes. CNN. Feb 11 2008. http://www.cnn.com/• How the Media Define Masculinity, Common Stereotypes of Men in Media, Children's Perceptions of Male

Stereotypes, Men's Magazines and the Construction of Masculinity, Masculinity and Sports Media. http://publications.childrennow.org/publications/media/boystomen_1999_media.cfm