Introduction
Women find it harder when it comes to their bodies, what they do, and how they carry themselves compared to men through social media. Researchers have found that women use social media more than men daily and that women will get judged more than men by what they post and how they carry themselves with their bodies through social media. Women often use social media to expand their businesses, connect with their clients, and post their photos, which always gain numerous reactions and feedback from the audience on how they carry themselves. Men use social media less often than women. They use social media as a business industry, helping them expand their business networks. They also use social media to post photos that are often not judged compared to women.
Researchers also say that men use social media to follow business and business pages related to their business industry; However, women do the same thing; it’s notably less often in women as they mostly use social media to show off their bodies which comes with a lot of reaction from the social media users. When it comes to social media accounts like Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram, men often use Facebook more than other social media platforms such as Snapchat and Instagram, which are women’s favourites making men and women share different images through social media regarding what they post and about their bodies. You will see women posting pictures showing their body parts and even some half-naked on Snapchat and Instagram 90% of the day than you would see men. Even though some men also post their bodies, more so bare chest, they don’t get judged by the audience compared to women, making it harder for women to evaluate their bodies through social media.
Literature review
When it comes to men’s and women’s bodies on social media, they always share different images; men usually aren’t the ones that get talked about concerning how they carry out themselves through social media; they typically get exaggerated even though they also post photos that show off their body parts. When it comes to women, how they carry themselves, what they wear, and what they post always get judged by the audience (Saiphoo & Vahedi, 2019). Body shaming in women mainly happens when you are very skinny and fat, this has made most women feel insecure about what they post on social media and uncertain about their bodies, making their self-esteem to become low due to what men and even women say and comment about them in their social media pages.
Even in cases where the woman has a perfect body, they will still get judged because of showing their body parts or being half naked on social media, as mostly witnessed. When men post their shirts off, showing their chests to the public, why don’t they get judged? Why do they get praised in some cases? Why should women feel down about themself just for being them? Its clear men and women have different images through social media about their bodies (Filice et al., 2020). Women should get the same respect as men get from people and social media users; they should never get judged on how they look or what they post.
Men and Women represent themselves differently regarding their bodies through social media bringing the difference in their images. Men usually take pictures in groups with their friends and homeboys, which they post on social media as they majorly use social media as a gallery. Some, if not most, prefer a picture with just their shirt off and still feel secure because nobody judges them for being themselves. Women like taking and posting their pictures by themselves on social media; no matter what they are wearing, whether it is a dress or shorts, if it is cute to them, they will more than likely take a picture without considering how much skin they have shown. Researchers found that females will use social media as a resource and diary since they value memories compared to men; they also share personal issues with their families, relationships, and gossip on their social media pages (Franchina & 2018). 71% of women use social media daily more than men, many of them posting their bodies to attract. Men use social media to post themselves with their main aim to find and make friends. This has shown different images portrayed by men and women through social media about their bodies. The two parties post their bodies on social media with different aims to get additional feedback from the audience, women being judged more for their bodies than men.
Methodology
By assessment through various social media platforms, it was observed that women contribute a higher percentage to the daily posts made on social media (Kim, 2021). By watching and going through the comment sections of various social media pages for both women and men, women often get negative comments on their pages compared to men as many people judge them of their bodies. In men’s pages, most words were always friendly. Through statistics, the number of women who post their bodies showing much skin was much higher than those of men.
Also, by using interviews and administering questionnaires to various social media users, men found social media-friendly as they often never got judged on their bodies. In contrast, women find social media cruel as they often get considered how they carry themselves, some getting discriminated of their bodies. From the various social media offices, it was observed that most of their active users were women; most of the men were always inactive. By analysis, women value social media more than men and often get judged more than men. It was observed that they find it hard concerning how they carry themselves on social media due to much discrimination from the audience about their bodies.
Findings
From the findings, researchers would say that people are the same or should be treated the same regardless. Still, they are, in fact, different far as their behaviors, attitudes, how they are, how they carry out themselves on social media, and how they connect with the opposite gender and social media users. Boys or men are outspoken when it comes to social life in general; women do not open up or talk much, especially regarding their feelings, as multiple discriminations lower their self-esteem from social media. Both genders develop differently regarding work, social life, school, and hobbies; therefore, they portray different images through social media about their bodies. Most men at an early age had a very rough time with being aggressive and living off what they were taught by watching shows and movies and copying what they saw their parents doing.
When it comes to women, at a young age, they look at things from the other gender, which are men, making them do what the other gender likes being the reason for posting even half-naked photos to attract men. They usually want to grow up being nothing like what they have seen at a young age which is more of fashion, partying, and all the trends; they also have goals and stuff they want to accomplish through social media (Huang et al., 2021). Men are always trying to live off something they are not interested in. That’s why they are always inactive on social media; this makes it hard for men to live in today’s world, which is more on social media and the internet than women. All genders have a tough time about their bodies through social media, but women go through more disrespect than men. Women have it much harder when it comes to their bodies, how they carry themselves, what they do or engage in, how they react with people through social media, and what we say on their pages; seemingly, from the research, they must be more careful as compared to the opposite gender which is men.
Conclusion
In conclusion, as per the purpose of my research, women receive more disrespect about their bodies through social media and the wrong kind of attention than men do as they portray different images. Other people have different types of bodies and physical characteristics in general, but what is essential is that we are all humans. Therefore, women should also get the same respect and hype as men on social media platforms. All genders share the same features as some men also post pictures of bare-chested, and people do not even realize it. It was found that men want women’s bodies and women wish to men’s bodies being the aim of posting half-naked pictures on social media. Therefore, it is recommended that people accept each other for who they are despite their gender.
People are not cautious about what they post, more so women on social media. People’s main concern when they at least see one female post is what they are wearing and how their body looks; it’s more to women than just their bodies. Men automatically receive the most respect no matter how they look. It’s what they wear, how they pose, or even if they are showing off their bodies from simply just working out. Women are more insecure than men and have the utmost non-confidence on social media because of regular negative feedback from social media users judging their bodies. Men and Women share different images through social media about their bodies, but from my research, they share similar features on their pages on all the social media platforms, including Instagram, Snapchat, or Facebook; women should therefore not get bashed if men are not and if they are bashed, men should also be bashed.
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