{"id":10401,"date":"2015-02-05T11:31:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T16:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=10401"},"modified":"2015-02-05T11:31:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T16:31:42","slug":"unrealistic-expectations-of-photoshopping-and-airbrushing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=10401","title":{"rendered":"Unrealistic Expectations of Photoshopping and Airbrushing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Teenage girls spend time in the media center looking at magazines. Photo by: Noemy Almendarez<\/p><\/div>\n

By:Noemy Almendarez<\/p>\n

Airbrushing and Photoshopping can leave teenagers with unrealistic expectations and goals that could lead to harmful practices. It can also leave them with emotional damage and low self-worth. Likewise it affects actors and actresses because they feel they are unrealistic.<\/p>\n

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Photoshopping today is common; not all people think that Photoshopping is good to do. Airbrushing has both positives and negatives.\u00a0 Senior Nadia Baca said, \u201cIt doesn’t affect me, but I always think about younger girls and boys looking at those photos and losing their self confidence because they don’t look like that Photoshopped.\u201d \u00a0<\/i>Airbrushing can affect both genders, but it seems to affect teenage girls. Senior Nick Belisle said that it \u201c….cause insecurities, though it’s the fault of the girl for not knowing<\/p>\n

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A students in the media center looking at magazines with Photoshopped celebrities and models. Photo by : Noemy Almendarez<\/p><\/div>\n

what realistic expectations are.\u201d<\/p>\n

As well as Photoshopping affecting\u00a0 girls,\u00a0 it also affects boys. Belisle said that Photoshopping \u201ccauses men to have unrealistic expectations regarding the girl’s appearance, but that’s also his fault for him not knowing what realistic expectations are.\u201d It\u2019s different for boys than girls. Baca said, \u201cThere are pictures of bodybuilders or male models who seem to have perfect muscles, and boys compare themselves to that.\u201d Boys perception of girls may be influenced by Photoshopping.\u00a0 Sophomore Jon Sommers said, \u201cI think it raises a young males expectation on what a real women should look like.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it comes to photoshopping people the question may be, \u201cIs there a double standard with photoshopping genders?\u201d Belisle said, \u201c[…]society often focuses more on the negative effects it has on women than men. Society complains more about photoshopped women than men. More effort should be focused on educating the masses about unrealistic depictions of either gender, rather than attack media that does use airbrushing.\u201d Senior Skyler Detrick made a comment on how it is the same as the enhancement of the upper body for both male and female. In modern day there are still negative effects from photoshopping and airbrushing. Belisle said the negative effects are \u201cby causing society to believe absolute perfection is possible, though as previously mentioned, it only affects the uninformed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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