Support

Why does there need to be support on the key issue?

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1 in 5 adults (20%) felt a shamed, just over one third (34%) felt down or low, and 19% felt disgusted because of their body image in the last year. 

Among teenagers, 37% felt upset, and 31% felt ashamed in relation to their body image.

Just over one third of adults said they had ever felt anxious (34%) or depressed (35%) because of their body image.

One in eight (13%) adults experienced suicidal thoughts or feelings because of concerns about their body image.

Just over one in five adults (21%) said images used in advertising had caused them to worry about their body image. ​

Just over one in five adults (22%) and 40% of teenagers said images on social media caused them to worry about their body image.

This is according to https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk. 

This states that many people are ashamed by their body image and this can be caused because of body discrimination. If we don't raise awareness for both male and female body images, this can cause many people do develop mental health issues pointed out in the ABOUT section. This can then later lead to self harm or suicide. So raising awareness now is better then later.

Males experience more body discrimination than and is not spoken out as much as female body discrimination. This is not okay as when men are made fun of for their body image by female who expect more than the body the male has. When this happens people do not talk about it as much as it should be, as if this were to happen to the opposite sex this would cause a massive swarm of people talking about how it is not right.