This paper is the observation of three television shows‚ one children’s cartoon‚ one children’s teaching program and one adult program‚ in search for Aggressive Acts and Prosocial Behaviors. For the experiment these programs were chosen‚ Barbie Dreamhouse‚ Arthur‚ and Criminal Minds. As to be expected the adult program‚ Criminal Minds hourly rate of aggression was higher than both children’s programs‚ ending at a rate of fifty-four. However‚ the children’s teaching program‚ Arthur‚ was not far behind
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Pop Culture A body is our physical structure. It is our flesh and bone. It represents our very being. We have utterly no control over which body we are born into‚ yet despite this fact‚ our body has the power to shape the people we become and even the way we perceive ourselves. Body image‚ as defined by Merriam Webster‚ is “a subjective picture of one’s own physical appearance established both by self-observation and by noting the reactions of others.” In Western culture‚ thinness has become highly
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Women in Pop Culture The average girl does not easily fit in to society’s view of women. It isn’t supermodels who watch reality television and read the articles on “getting a guy and dropping 20 pounds”(70). Media has become a partial cause to young girls getting eating disorders or plastic surgery just to become “prettier”. They want to become perfect. Recently‚ I opened a magazine and started to flip through the pages. It wasn’t long before I started to notice that the majority of the women
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especially in the entertainment industry portrayed with a “Barbie doll” image. Recently‚ “Barbie dolls” have changed their image to include women who have different body types. The “Barbie doll” image is shown in music videos‚ in television‚ in social media‚ etc. I think the “Barbie doll” image is a negative way to show women of all ages what their body is supposed to look like. I also think that women should not compare their body to a “Barbie doll” which is a young girl’s toy. It is a toy not a real
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The three short stories‚ Snapshot Harvey Cedars: 1948‚ The Barbie Birthday‚ and After He Left‚ all stereotype women‚ or girls‚ as weak‚ submissive‚ or dependent on men. Textual evidence for this perspective will be explored in the hope that the reader will become conscious of the sexism inherent in these stories. Commonly‚ the female is treated as a pet to the male; being brought around as a source of attention to the public for male affection. By calling attention to the distorted ways that girls
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Real Beauty In the world today‚ the media makes it hard for a girl to be comfortable with her body. Society‚ in general‚ persuades young women to feel that any size above a two is too big. “In 1950‚ when televisions were first finding their way into homes‚ the media’s portrayal of “the ideal” female figure was drastically different than it is today. At that time‚ mannequins and models more or less reflected the average woman’s size. Mannequins and models have grown thinner by the year‚ increasingly
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self-presentation? Based on what I have seen from the website‚ I am under the impression that Cindy Jackson had a very low self-esteem as she was growing up. It appears that she felt unattractive and when was at the age of six‚ dreamt of being like a Barbie doll and attaining Barbie’s figure and attractiveness. At some point in her childhood‚ a young boy approached her and criticized her smile and this has resulted in a negative effect on her self-concept as well as her self-esteem. Self-concept refers
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The passage "Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls" by Katha Pollit is mainly about society and stereotypes. Which include how girls tend to ne feminine and usually play with dolls‚ clothes and pink shoes that are usually for girls. Others find this hard to believe that boys might not understand that their toys consist of just trucks and action figures. Others fail to see that there was a women’s movement and many people were against it. People are not just born with the connection to a certain color
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women have compulsive disorders either eating disorders or plastic surgery. One woman‚ Cindy Jackson‚ was so heavily influenced by Barbie that she underwent 20 plastic surgeries (to the tune of $55‚000) in an attempt to make herself look just like the Barbie body image.(Murdocca‚ Jennifer) Another example of media distortion is the Barbie Doll theory- If Barbie was a real woman‚ she would be 5’6” and weigh 120 pounds. Her body fat percentage would be so low that she would not be able to menstruate
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began to think they need to look like her. Most actresses today are becoming younger and thinner and some of them have an eating disorder in order to stay thin. Trying to keep the Barbie doll image is very dangerous to woman. It is kind of hard to believe that some of our wants and needs are based on images‚ the Barbie doll look. According to Olds‚ 69% of woman said that magazine models influence their idea of the perfect body shape (Olds‚ 1999). The media send messages that if you are thin and
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