Carolina Reader Page 260, Question 4

Both articles discuss the current issue of being overweight, and body image. Currently in today's society, our culture is constructing a bodyily image, whether it is being done direclty or indirectly. Bodily image is being culturally constructed by the growing opportunities to be lazy in today's world. People are exercising less, physically working less, and eating foods that are worse for you now than they have ever been. Even though the current economy is striving becuase of this new image of being overweight, is our health really worth sacrificing just for our current economy? Could there be a "compromise" in which some changes would be made to help health / bodily image even if it were to hurt the economy a bit? This bodily image is being constructed by us and for us. Society is responding to the current desires that people have, and because of that, we are constructing this bodily image. We are desiring, although not necessarily directly, to be lazier people and eat what appeals to us and is convenient to us rather than what might be our best option. This bodily image is also being constructed for us, because the economy is reacting to our wants and needs, and I do not really believe that it would still occur if we did not really want it. When things in society are not favorable, they are often times pushed out, and since this has yet to happen, there is no reason for it to stop. Since this is an idea / desire of the masses, the common people might not be in favor. Large companies are producing products that will sell to the majority of people, leaving the common person out of their thoughts. Those who are not in favor will not regularly be heard because they are just common people, not really a representation of the masses.