Am I Pretty
Am I Pretty?
The biggest challenge in life is accepting yourself, to be able to be happy in your own skin and love who you are and what you look like no matter what. Everyday a new advertisement, magazine cover, or music video depicting the “perfect” women comes out. What they all have in common is how they objectify women to sell whatever it may be. Television producers use excessive makeup, magazines use Photoshop to make models look thinner, and most importantly have them wear barely any clothes. In our society today, marketing companies everywhere are using the sexualization of young women to make their product sell. The effect on the younger generation is giving them a completely different idea of how they should think of themselves, causing emotional disorders or body dysmorphia. Most importantly, it affects how young girls view themselves when they become older. This type of advertising is only ruining and degrading women and children of our society. Some might argue that all this concern for young girls' exposure to sexuality is nothing to be worried about. One example is the TV series Toddles in Tiaras objectifying toddles in sexy outfits on stage. “TLC released footage of a 3-year-old contestant dressed as the prostitute played by Julia Roberts in the 1990 film "Pretty Woman." This came just one week after TLC -- still known to many as The Learning Channel -- was forced to pull its Facebook page because of the deluge of negative comments over an episode that featured a little girl dressed up to look like Dolly Parton, complete with padded bust and buttocks(CNN)”. This episode outraged millions of parents and grandparents who were disgusted when seeing a 3 year old exploited for ratings. This is taking away from the ethos of when that little girl grows up. Her pathos will be damaged for the rest of her life, because she thinks that’s what gets her attention. It’s not only about the fact of how this is broadcast everywhere in society, it’s more
The biggest challenge in life is accepting yourself, to be able to be happy in your own skin and love who you are and what you look like no matter what. Everyday a new advertisement, magazine cover, or music video depicting the “perfect” women comes out. What they all have in common is how they objectify women to sell whatever it may be. Television producers use excessive makeup, magazines use Photoshop to make models look thinner, and most importantly have them wear barely any clothes. In our society today, marketing companies everywhere are using the sexualization of young women to make their product sell. The effect on the younger generation is giving them a completely different idea of how they should think of themselves, causing emotional disorders or body dysmorphia. Most importantly, it affects how young girls view themselves when they become older. This type of advertising is only ruining and degrading women and children of our society. Some might argue that all this concern for young girls' exposure to sexuality is nothing to be worried about. One example is the TV series Toddles in Tiaras objectifying toddles in sexy outfits on stage. “TLC released footage of a 3-year-old contestant dressed as the prostitute played by Julia Roberts in the 1990 film "Pretty Woman." This came just one week after TLC -- still known to many as The Learning Channel -- was forced to pull its Facebook page because of the deluge of negative comments over an episode that featured a little girl dressed up to look like Dolly Parton, complete with padded bust and buttocks(CNN)”. This episode outraged millions of parents and grandparents who were disgusted when seeing a 3 year old exploited for ratings. This is taking away from the ethos of when that little girl grows up. Her pathos will be damaged for the rest of her life, because she thinks that’s what gets her attention. It’s not only about the fact of how this is broadcast everywhere in society, it’s more