The reasons why women struggle with their body image were briefly covered at a workshop led by Cassandra Stringer, a marriage and family therapist from the Counseling and Psychological Services on campus. How a woman views her body image depends on her level of self-esteem. It doesn't come from social class or having parents that are engineers or artists.
Every normal child is born with the potential to have a high self-esteem.
Whether or not it flourishes depends on how significant people in our lives interact with us, according to Stringer. Our family background is not the only area that needs to be examined when trying to discover where our low self-esteem developed. The media plays a big role in projecting body images that are unattainable for most women. Many women want to look like super-models found on magazine covers and Victoria Secret commercials. Unfortunately, this is nearly impossible for most.