Comments on: Lib Dems launch Campaign for Body Confidence http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-launch-campaign-for-body-confidence-18242.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew Suffield http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-launch-campaign-for-body-confidence-18242.html#comment-109739 Andrew Suffield Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:35:31 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=18242#comment-109739 What research there is, is poorly cited. The recent Home Office review cites a single source about the impact of shopped images, and it's a Lib Dem sponsored position paper that itself cites no sources. So, that research you want people to avail themselves of - can you cite any of it? What research there is, is poorly cited. The recent Home Office review cites a single source about the impact of shopped images, and it’s a Lib Dem sponsored position paper that itself cites no sources.

So, that research you want people to avail themselves of – can you cite any of it?

]]> By: Dave Page http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-launch-campaign-for-body-confidence-18242.html#comment-109719 Dave Page Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:41:48 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=18242#comment-109719 Andrew, where do you think the idea of an ideal body image comes from, if not the media which influences society? There's acres of research on this subject, and I would recommend you avail yourself of it. Andrew, where do you think the idea of an ideal body image comes from, if not the media which influences society? There’s acres of research on this subject, and I would recommend you avail yourself of it.

]]> By: Andrew Suffield http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-launch-campaign-for-body-confidence-18242.html#comment-109713 Andrew Suffield Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:37:51 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=18242#comment-109713 I find it a little tiresome how everybody with body-image issues seems to blame society for it. Not really fond of this "label shopped images" proposal, as it just means you have a big fake image with small print that says it's fake. I'd be more inclined to treat them as a variation on false advertising - any attempt to pass off a shopped image as a real one is deceptive, and deception is generally prohibited in the media. Let the creator pick any suitable way to indicate that the image is not real, and let the courts decide whether it is sufficient, rather than legislating another warning label. I find it a little tiresome how everybody with body-image issues seems to blame society for it.

Not really fond of this “label shopped images” proposal, as it just means you have a big fake image with small print that says it’s fake. I’d be more inclined to treat them as a variation on false advertising – any attempt to pass off a shopped image as a real one is deceptive, and deception is generally prohibited in the media. Let the creator pick any suitable way to indicate that the image is not real, and let the courts decide whether it is sufficient, rather than legislating another warning label.

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