Low self-esteem issue is most common in teenage girls and in women however younger and older men could also feel this way as well. ... Girls and women are trying to lose weight until they literally cannot loose anymore weigh and sometimes dying from anorexia may be the major result of ones eating disorder. ... According to a research done by California State University, "The advertisements sell images of thin, beautiful light skinned women, along with the image is a message from the advertising company telling girls to lose weight, or increase their breast size" (Reed). ... Sexual ad...

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Boys are treated differently from girls from the start of their birth. ... Boys are not allowed to play with dolls or to play "girls" games. ... At their teenage years, majority of males learn to become competitive, strong, and aggressive. ... For instance, in the Columbine shooting, the two teenage boys were only getting back at the other kids for picking on them. Our society has a set image in its mind of the "ideal image." ...

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Men are never expected to eat less in order not to gain weight. ... Nowadays, especially in the United States, where the obesity and weight control is a controversial issue within the females specifically, it is easy for teenage girls and even adult women to get obsessed with the perfect image of women shown in the mainstream media and put huge amount of work and effort to reach to that perfection, or at least get close to that. ... She was 16 years old when she started to think of losing weight. At first, I thought that it was normal for a teenage girl to start working out, eating health...

• Word Count: 1909
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Barbie doll was first unveiled in 1959, and she was the perfect role model for all women and girls, or so it appeared. ... Every woman dreams of an ideal weight, height, and size and body shape. ... The untenable ideal features are used as a means to hook girls into certain culture and continue to largely serve commercial interests. Girls spend long hours playing with their dolls given the considerable influence Barbie dolls have on them. ... It redefined a woman to define beauty a represented in ideal size, weight and height. ...

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"A legendary beauty with candy-box looks and sweet nature- (Mulvey 30) was Camille Clifford, the personification of the Gibson Girl. ... Women were constantly trying to lose weight, so sport became an absolute obsession. ... (Mulvey 121) In the mid 50's there was a beginning of the growth of teenage market with film stars like Sandra Dee popularizing the idea of slumber parties. ... The ideal of the time was Madonna - blond with a bright red lips and sunburn skin. ... Thunder of 90's - a tall girl with a short hairstyle or without hair at all or she made her hair l...

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While exercise advertisements show skinny girls in skimpy clothing to tell the young girls in our society that they need to be skinny and fat is bad. ... The teenage children see peers their age or young beautiful women or men on commercials who look a certain way and the younger teen girl or boy believe they need to look just like their peers in the commercials. ... It keeps young girls focused in beauty and obtaining perfection that of course does not exist. It makes girls at a young age dream of the perfect home, kids, perfect home cooked meals, and the floor cleaner. Food advertisements du...

• Word Count: 2353
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate