Exploring the Impact of Social Media on Female Self Image

Abstract

With the development of electronic devices, social media has become an indispensable part of our social life. With its help, the voice from the side of the female are more likely to spread. While it is believed that social media has been shaping a non-realistic beauty image for females mainly characterized by thinness and sexual attractions. In order to know the consequences for taking into such an unrealistic image, we analyze its influence from the perspectives of physical and psychological by looking into a total of 24 paper related to this theme. The current review provides a holistic view of the influence of social media on the female self image from the perspective of both biological and psychological. Understanding from such perspectives will not only help women to target the negative physical influences derived from intake of negative body image but also help them to move toward a more integrated psychological state. From both perspectives, it has been observed that although the rise of social media has brought females the chance to spread their ideas, society is still based on a male-dominant worldview. Objectification and social comparison over the body image are prevalent and positively associated with eating disorders and body anxiety among female teenagers and young adults. It is still common among young females to take the male-dominant view and have a lack of female consciousness.