Mary has grown up in the age of social media and is becoming increasingly aware that she is constantly monitoring her own appearance, in mirrors and in her selfies, in an effort to put forward the...

Extracted text: Mary has grown up in the age of social media and is becoming increasingly aware that she is constantly monitoring her own appearance, in mirrors and in her selfies, in an effort to put forward the perfect outward image. She now feels that her own behaviour is in danger of becoming an obsession and that her constant need to appease the views of others on her looks alone, is starting to interfere with who she sees herself as a person. Mary is becoming conscious of this social phenomenon. Egoism. Self-objectification. Social contagion. Altruism.