By the PowerPuff Girls

Self EsteemLove Yourself

Today

What is beauty?* Media’s definition of beauty:

skinny, flawless skin, curves, and perfect features

* The reality is, nobody can fit to all these standards

* Real beauty doesn’t depend on what you are, how you look, or how big or small you may be; real beauty is within.

Media’s Effect on YOU!

* Because of media’s standards, over 53% of teens are unhappy with their bodies.

* This affects the way we view others as well as ourselves.

* Media can drive some teenagers to develop eating disorders.

“Mirror on the wall …who is the thinnest of them all?”

• Eating Disorders: serious behavior problems in which a person feels as though they need to under or over feed themselves to achieve physical perfection.

• Have highest mortality rate of any mental illness.

• Usually developed during adolescence or early adulthood.

• Includes Anorexia, Bulimia nervosa and Binge-eating.

• Anorexia is the 3rd most common cronic illness amongst adolescence.

Low Self Esteem in Boys

* Many Males are self-conscious about their chest size and stomachs

* Tend to over exercise and work themselves in hopes of gaining the six pack perfect body advertised by the media

* Many males resort to drugs such as steroids to achieve physical “perfection”

* Also feel self-conscious about intelligence

Recognizing Eating Disorders

* Dramatic weight loss

* Obsessed with their weight or body image

* Isolation (from others)

* Wearing big or baggy clothing

* Frequent trips to bathroom

* Vague or secretive eating habits.

* Dizziness and headaches.

* Hiding food in strange places

Effects and Treatment

*Can cause heart and kidney disease and even death!

* 10% people with eating disorders receive treatment.

* Most health insurances don’t cover eating disorders

* Treatment : $500 per day -$2000 per day ;average cost for a month of inpatient treatment is $30,000.

* An estimated 3-6 months of inpatient care is needed.

Stereotypes/Racism/Discrimination/ Sexuality

* Are generalizations people make about the characteristics of all the member of a group based on image.

* Arise during conflicts; one side develops negative assumptions about the other side

* race, religion, gender, culture, appearance, sexuality, etc.

* Racism and discrimination have caused many wars and violence * Although some stereotypes are meant as compliments, it can still offend a person of that group. * Sexuality is a person’s sexual preference. It does not define a person.

Stereotypes/Racism/Discrimination/ Sexuality Continued…..

A South Park Stereotype!!!!!

NOT ACCEPTABLE!!!!!

* Television, books, comic strips, and movies promote stereotypes.

Sticks and Stones May Break My

Bones, But Stereotypes Hurt

Too…* People preform poorly in situations where they feel stereotyped.

- This could be in school, on a sports team, or at work.

* Being targeted by stereotypes and prejudice affects self control.

* People are more likely to be aggressive after they’ve faced prejudice in a given situation.

* Stereotypes make people feel less worthy than they are.

Linden’s Statistics

When 6th-8th grade students were asked “What negatively affects your self-esteem the most?”

- 38.4% answered “media”

- 39.4% answered “peers”

- 22.2% answered “themselves”

When 6th-8th graders were asked “What are you most self conscious about?”

- 53.6% answered weight/physical appearance

- 38.1% answered intelligence

- 5.2% answered religion

- 3.1% answered race

Building Self-Esteem

* Make a list:

- 5 strengths

- 5 things you admire about yourself

- 20 things you have accomplished, big or small

- 10 inexpensive, simple things you can reward yourself with

* Recognize and accept the differences you have.

* Repeat positive statements to yourself (ex: I am a good person, many people like me, I feel good about myself, etc.)