And most of us will internalise those messages.
The individual internalises social norms and these become part of his personality.
I Internalised this research and then used it for my character on Kark Rogue.
Having Internalised judgments from various sources,
you may carry a sense of guilt all the way through into adulthood.
The verbal abuse that they
received from these people would have become Internalised, with a critical inner voice gradually being formed within them.
According to Horton and Hunt,
Socialisation is the process whereby one internalises the norms of his groups, so that a distinct‘self emerges, unique to this individual.
These programmes make an assumption that if a man can change
his behaviour or his thinking and stop“internalising” appearance pressures-
and consuming appearance focused media, such as magazines and fitspiration social media posts- then his body dissatisfaction should reduce.
The same supposition- that girls playing with Barbie may internalise the unrealistic body that she innocently promotes- has been the subject
of research and what is clear is that parents are often unaware of the potential effects on body image when approving toys for their children.
Early studies in the 1930s by Kenneth and Mamie Clark showed how young black girls would more often choose to play with a white doll rather than a black doll, as the white doll was considered more beautiful-
a reflection of Internalised feelings as a result of racism.