As a woman of color who has always been a big girl, I began to struggle with my body image when I reached adolescence. Growing up, I didn't realize that my body was abnormal and unacceptable. I saw myself like other peers and like other age groups. My experience with body dissatisfaction began within my own family. Members of my family made fun of my height. My parents, especially my mother, constantly reminded me how obese I was. As I reached a certain age, she started controlling my food intake and made sure I ate no more than three times a day. With all of this disciplinary action from my mother and the pressure I felt from my family, I began to notice outside standards when it came to beauty and body image. With this in mind, we can see that body image is influenced by many factors and my mother became a structure that carried out directives. This example demonstrates that the female body is socially constructed and taught to us. When this ideal body image or this feminine body is instilled in us from a very young age, it becomes an internalized discipline that allows us to distinguish ourselves from others..