{"id":4607,"date":"2020-06-24T10:28:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T10:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/?p=4607"},"modified":"2020-09-15T09:13:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T09:13:13","slug":"changing-the-perfect-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/2020\/06\/24\/changing-the-perfect-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I have to look perfect?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2019\/04\/JPEG-looking-in-the-mirror-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4606\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2019\/04\/JPEG-looking-in-the-mirror-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Body image\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>How does body image affect you?<\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399\">We have been discussing body image in our Club.\u00a0 We wanted to explore how we form our ideas about how we look.\u00a0 We also talked about whether body image affects mental health.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399\">We think body image is not only a big issue for girls and young women but for women throughout their lives.\u00a0 Do you agree? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlguiding.org.uk\/girls-making-change\/girls-attitudes-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Girlguiding&#8217;s annual Girls&#8217; Attitudes<\/a> survey backs up our view about young girls.\u00a0 This year&#8217;s report will come out soon but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2020\/aug\/27\/a-third-of-girls-say-they-wont-post-selfies-without-enhancement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a> wrote about some of the results on 27 August 2020:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">&#8220;A third of girls and young women will not post selfies online without using a filter or app to change their appearance, while a similar proportion have deleted photos with too few \u201clikes\u201d or comments, research has found.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">About half regularly alter their photos to enhance their appearance online and \u201cfind acceptance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Thirty-four per cent of 11 to 21-year-olds said they would not post a photo of themselves online without using a filter or app to enhance it first, with older girls more likely to say this.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">BBC News further reported on 2 September 2020 that Girlguiding UK is calling for enhanced photos to be labelled as such on social media.\u00a0 More on this BBC article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-54003536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399\">We sent the results of our Club&#8217;s exploration of body image to the Women and Equalities Committee in the House of Commons. It is part of the evidence that will help Parliament to take its decisions.\u00a0 Our discussions were based on these questions:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">What contributed to a positive image when you were young?\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">What contributed to a negative image when you were young?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><u style=\"color: #0000ff\">How did your body image change through to the age you are now?<\/u>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Did you forget about or improve a negative image, and if so how?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Did you keep a positive image, or did new negative aspects come as you aged?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><u style=\"color: #0000ff\">Current trends in aspiring to the perfect image<\/u><\/li>\n<li><u style=\"color: #0000ff\">Social media: positive or negative impacts on body image<\/u>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Effect of an ad or campaign<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Effect of messages posted by friends?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Effect of messages posted by celebrities?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Content promoting diets, eating disorders, diet culture: positive or negative for body image?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Content promoting cosmetic surgery\/interventions: positive or negative for body image?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">What do you think about the diversity of images companies and the media show?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">How likely is body image to affect mental health<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399\">Contact us <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/contact-us\/\">here<\/a> if you would like to see our report.\u00a0 You can also message us on FB and Twitter.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #333399\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Women and Equalities Committee <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2020\/06\/rose-4-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4941\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/files\/2020\/06\/rose-4-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Perfection in a rose\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em\">The Women and Equalities Committee of the House of Commons\u00a0 has an inquiry called &#8216;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em\">Changing the Perfect Picture&#8217; about perceptions of body image. The Committee invited members of the public and organisations to submit evidence by 26 June 2020.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em\">The House of Commons Committee wants to find out if government policy should change.\u00a0 Is enough being done to ensure diversity of the images shown on television and other forms of media?\u00a0 Do we see ourselves reflected in what we see?\u00a0 Are people being pushed too much to have the perfect body?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333399\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em\">Find out more about the inquiry <a href=\"https:\/\/committees.parliament.uk\/committee\/328\/women-and-equalities-committee\/news\/145811\/committee-launches-new-inquiry-into-body-image\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em\">Find out more about our projects and activities here: <\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #333399\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/our-projects\/\">Soroptimist Action<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><strong>Find out more about Soroptimists <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/woking-and-district\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] How does body image affect you? 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