The story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been” is essentially about a young woman’s strive for independence‚ which eventually leads to conflict. Girls today appear as mature women and in addition‚ are put into adult situations sometimes unwillingly. Oates portrays a social issue that relates to this current society by using symbolism and characterization while taking the reader on a journey throughout the thoughts and feelings of a teenage girl. There are two main symbols the author uses
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Child Beauty Pageants: Robbing Little Girls’ Innocence There are over 5‚000 child beauty pageants held annually across the United States with girls as young as two-years-old competing in them. Little girls strut across the stage with make-up painted on their tanned faces‚ hair teased into big and luscious curls‚ fake teeth‚ and a raunchy dance to complement it. There’s no doubt that the very young girls do not resemble their age when they are on stage and performing; they’re transformed into “sultry
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According to Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment‚ child abuse is “the physical or mental injury‚ sexual abuse or exploitation‚ of a child under circumstances that could harm them” (Merino 82). Beauty pageants for children are doing just this‚ exploiting them to certain people’s eyes‚ who shouldn’t be looking (Merino 79). They are also known to cause developmental problems as well as eating disorders (Brooks 24). For years‚ experts have been saying how much damage it can do to place young children
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“Like a Girl” Always‚ one of the largest corporations who produce feminine care products‚ debuted a sixty second advertisement during the superbowl. This ad concentrates on one of the things that‚ undoubtedly‚ every single person‚ regardless of gender has heard at some point in their lives: “You throw like a girl!”. The advertisement shows differences in how young women‚ boys and young girls perceive the phrase‚ “like a girl.” The Super Bowl commercial gained recognition for changing the conversation
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“2.5 million girls participate in beauty pageants‚ and 6% of these girls suffer from depression”(Demographic Partitions). This is just one of the many problems that come with young girls participating in beauty pageants. A few more are sexualization‚ mental health problems along with self-esteem issues. This along with many other reasons should make people alarmed and not want to enter young girls into beauty pageants. The sexualization of girls is one of the many problems that young girls face
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When Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx go out in public each with a ring on their ring finger‚ one would think they were already engaged. Was there a secret engagement? Or are they secretly married? Actress Katie Holmes was photographed wearing an off-the-shoulder black and white tiered flowy dress‚ as described by NY Daily News. The 37 year old‚ posed for a picture with model Camila Alves and actress Maggie Gyllenhaal during the Target Pillowfort launch party on Thursday. But it wasn’t the event at
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Jeannette Francis explains how “South Korea has the highest rate of cosmetic procedures per capita in the world” and it is due to the K-Pop Effect. K-Pop is Korean pop music that features guy singing groups and girl singing groups that are “known for their …trend setting fashion and flawless faces; those big eyes‚ high noses and slim jawlines - features not inherently Korean.” K-Pop idols are “also known for the amount of plastic surgery they get” and the influence they portray to their teenage
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Child Beauty Pageants: What Are We Teaching Our Girls?The princess syndrome‚ self-image and eating disorders Published on August 12‚ 2011 by Martina M. Cartwright‚ Ph.D.‚ R.D. in Food For Thought The recent issue of French Vogue has sparked outrage for its photos of a ten-year old model lying in a sea animal print wearing a chest revealing gold dress‚ stilettos and heavy make up. Cries of "how young is too young" to model‚ be "sexy" etc. have ignited controversy about early sexualization of children
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Little Miss Sunshine presents a Cinderella story about an average little girl who wants to be a beauty queen. The glamour‚ wholesomeness and charm of pageantry that Olive strives to become helps portray the theme of growing up. The film director and producer help to do so with the use of film codes and conventions. I have chosen the opening scene of the movie to demonstrate this. As you can see at the very first image shown in the movie where just olives eyes are shown‚ it is immediately evident
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Alessandra Ambrosio: 9 Facts You Didn’t Know Alessandra Ambrósio is one of the instantly recognizable faces of Victoria’s Secret. This leggy supermodel has dominated the modeling scene with her exotic Brazilian look and shows no signs of slowing down. Although you might know a little bit about her from her TV and Victoria’s Secret appearances‚ here are nine interesting facts you’ll be surprised to learn. Number Nine: Alessandra Ambrósio Is Stronger Than She Looks Sure‚ modeling looks easy when
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