Body image is an important aspect when it comes to relationships and dating.
The media is very influential on body image, with magazines and newspapers in particular often publishing stories about how imperfect a celebrity is.
Readers then start to expect perfection in people, which feeds into their relationships.
Over the years body image has changed, from the advert above it shows that skinny women were not desirable. They were encouraged to be curvy.
However, men were expected to be muscular and strong.
Body image for men has not changed very much since the 1950s, whereas women are still being influenced to be skinny or curvy depending on the article they read.
This gives mixed messages about what to find attractive, however it is not a choice who we fancy or want to have a relationship with. But it is obvious from the adverts above that body image has always been an issue.
