Adolescents Perception of Their Bodies: Shaped by Institutions and Groups

Presently, in North American culture females and males are influenced and shape their lifestyles around popular institutions. They view their bodies based upon the values and norms of multiple institutions. However, adolescents receive more pressure from institutions and groups. Institutions tell adolescents how they should feel about there self in their culture and are told by institutions how to look and view their bodies. Adolescents are influenced greatly by the institutions around them rather than ones that they are rarely exposed to. …