Most women these days would do anything to look pretty and attract the opposite sex. This story gives us the importance of body image to women and they get judged about it. Amber the “finger throated sickness one”. She gets teased because of her anorexic appearance. This is a mental illness common to the young woman.
The research also showed how these issues can be corrected or even prevented. Most often it is easy to spot girls who battle with low self-esteem and low self confidence, by their body language and conversations. Most girls experience insecurity or low self-esteem around the middle school years. The need to focus on the elementary and middle school years is far more important today than it was twenty years ago. Ashes for Beauty there are only gainers and no losers.
Undercover Colors Purpose: To inform the audience about the new product, that can help prevent “date rape”, Undercover Colors. Thesis: To truly understand the product, Undercover Colors, it is important to examine the creators and their story behind their upcoming product, what exactly this product does and how it works, and why people think this product is controversial. Organizational Pattern: Topical [ Introduction ] A. Attention Getter: According to the US Department of Justice, approximately one in four college-aged women are date raped or experience an attempted date rape during her college years. Women between the ages of 16 and 24 are four times more likely to be date raped than any other age group.
Exploitation of Women in the Media “Most women in today’s media are viewed as sex objects, and most advertisements use this as a way to sell a product and 88% of the students do realize that the presence of a female model grabs the attention of the viewer’s more.” This is an excerpt written by Nana Tapsi from a Nation Journal in an article written specifically on television advertisements exploiting women. I am willing to bet that most to all of women and young girls are affected by unachievably beautiful women shown in all types of media, even if they do not know it. Advertisements, a major type of media, not only try to persuade us to buy a product, but also persuade us to follow the social norm and presence of the individuals, mostly geared towards women, in each advertisement. When women are exposed to advertisements of perfectly beautiful and half dressed women over and over again, it begins to make an impact and they believe that their bodies should look that way (Kumud, Tikshan, and Tapsi 1-4). According to Stephanie Berberick, author of the article, “The Objectification of Women in Mass Media: Female Self-Image in Misogynist Culture,” written in the New York Sociologist, “In addition to the 91% of cosmetic surgeries underwent in the U.S. being performed on women, there is also a similarly disturbing trend of females with eating disorders.
Although many students rely on drugs for educational purposes, the true factor for the rapid growth amongst teen users is peer-pressure. As seen through an article that researched the use of marijuana, “Illicit drug use among teens remains high, largely due to the increasing popularity of marijuana. Among twelfth graders, 6.5 percent use marijuana on a daily basis (Drug Abuse). According to the article, the drug proliferated amongst teens due to its popularity and other students would be pressured into using marijuana. For the students that attempted to refuse to take the drug they would face feeling rejected from their peers or they would feel as if they would not be considered “cool”.
Did you know athletes at the collegiate level are required to pull their pants down in front of the nurse to prove the urine sample is their own! Not only is that morally wrong, but could stir up legal drama and end in a lawsuit and the end of their athletic career. Likewise, money always seems to be an issue in our time, but $15 million dollars is being spent on these drug tests when most are lied about to be thrown away. Marijuana and tobacco is the most positive drug in teenage drug tests. Nurse Jennifer Hanson was questioned about this and replied “yes, many are positive for these drugs and when a majority of them are told their results the automatic answer is ‘I was in the car with someone smoking’ and the head nurse tells them they’re fine to go.” If the head nurses doing these tests let these lying kids go, is there a point?
Youth Culture is summed up by the beliefs, behavior, styles, and interests of adolescents. Youth culture also has a huge impact on today’s society, and affects many teen girls today. Sociologists have discovered a uniquely American disease that they call “affluenza.” This term refers to the stress and related disorders that develop from Americans need to constantly spend money on materials and possessions to better self-improvement. To be considered ‘pretty’ you have to be a tall white woman with blonde hair and blue eyes. “I am on this stage because I am a pretty, white woman, and in my industry we call that a sexy girl,” says Cameron Russel on her Ted Talk.
Advertising is one of the most compelling messengers in a culture that can influence an adolescent. In the article by Kilbourne, she starts out by making a great point. She says, “ Adolescents are new and inexperienced customers- and such prime targets.” I agree with her statement because in many movies, magazines, and television shows targeted towards teenaged viewers, the “ideal” body type is constantly portrayed. I’ve noticed that in many cases, it’s the main character whom everyone envies because of her beauty. In magazines, the “ideal” body type is always on the cover so teens wont be able to miss it.
For example, Marilyn Monroe was a celebrity in the past who was admired by many men and women. She displayed sex appeal but with taste and class. Now a days, pretty much all celebrities are taking the sex appeal way too far and leaving nothing a secret. I believe that the social influences of the visual entertainment media have had both positive and negative affect on our culture. I believe change is always good but not all that change that has been made over the past ten years.
The young girl went on to explain how practicing safe sex will help lower the rate of STDs and prevent unwanted pregnancies. Knox faced many discouragements from the school officials, however her primary goal remained the same and that was to reach the teens about practicing safe sex. “We decided sex education was going to be our issue because we all knew somebody who had been touched by the high rates of STDs and teen pregnancy (873)” This is why I chose this topic because everybody can relate to this subject. I’ve known people who have had life changing experiences so young, while in high school my cousin became pregnant; I had numerous friends who had been touched by the high rates of STDs, and others who have had many abortions due to the lack of comprehensive sex education. “I think that God wants you to question, “Knox said.