Israel advocates for Healthy Models

      During discussion this week, we conversed about the way that women are portrayed in media and how the media feeds us an image that is never attainable. Unlike the mail body, the female body was never seen as being perfect. No matter how hard a woman would try, her body would always be criticized for either too skinny or too fat. Men, on the other hand, were able to sculpt their bodies to reach perfection. Today, women are still being fed this image of the unattainable beauty. The media, however, knows that the perfect woman does not exist. Many disputes concerning Photoshopped pictures have made it to the news. The question then, would be, if the media knows that there is no perfection, why feed us this harmful image? The answer being that because this is what society wants to see. The media is not the sole to blame but it simply reflects what society thinks.

       Through much criticism, the modeling sphere has not taken action in many parts of the world. In Israel, for example, has banned the use of underweight models. Models are required to prove that they are not underweight by providing proof from the doctor. In addition, model agencies must admit to their use of Photoshop in their pictures. Although Israel only has a few models and that this new law applies to Israel publications, it can serve as an example for others to save many lives of teenagers.

         This law makes us realize that America is not the only country suffering with these issues. This image of how a woman should be is something held world-wide. Perhaps one day, we can live in an era where beauty is natural and not created.