Body Image, A Socio-Cultural Model and Theory of Self-Objectification - A Comparison between Young Men and Young Women

Zapadnjačka se kultura sve više prihvaća i širi, a samim time i norme te kulture koje nalažu vitkost djevojaka i mišićavost mladića. Socio-kulturalni model i teorija samoobjektifikacije dva su objašnjenja nastajanja iskrivljenje slike o tijelu koja nastaje zbog normi zapadnjačke kulture. Dok je socio-kulturalni model usmjeren na internalizaciju ciljnog izgleda koji je u što većoj mjeri sličan prema društvu savršenom izgledu, teorija samoobjektifikacije usmjerava se na internalizaciju promatračevu perspektivu na tijelo osobe. Iskrivljena slika o tijelu i u socio-kulturalnom modelu i u teoriji samoobjektifikacije ima posljedice na mentalno i fizičko zdravlje mladića i djevojaka. Ipak postoji razlika u učestalosti pojavljivanja socio-kulturalnog pritiska i samoobjektifikacije kod mladića i kod djevojaka, pri čemu su obje pojave, zajedno s posljedicama, učestalije kod djevojaka nego kod mladića.Western culture is becoming more and more accepted, along with its norms according to which girls should be thin and boys should be muscular. Sociocultural model and the objectification theory offer explanations as to why disturbed body image occurs under the influence of Western culture. While the sociocultural model is more focused on internalization of preferred appearance that is as close to the beauty ideal set by the society as it possibly can be, the objectification theory focuses on the internalization of the third point of view on their body. Disturbed body image can have consequences on mental and physical health according to both sociocultural model and the objectification theory. Still, there is a difference in prevalence of perceived pressure and self-objectification in boys and girls, in a sense that both of said occurrences, along with their consequences, occur more often with girls than with boys