50-69. Print. Alexander and Hanson discuss controversial issues in the media. Issue three covers the emphasis on body image and seeing if it is harmful to females only. Mary C. Martin and James W. Gentry are marketing professors who address the theory of the media affecting body identity in preadolescent and adolescent females.
In Margaret Atwood's novel, The Handmaid's Tale, manipulation is exercised through the lessons of the aunts. Their use of propaganda tricks the minds of the handmaid's, showing what position the handmaid's hold and how great it is to be living in Gilead, a place where women are respected and protected; however, it is brainwashing them and turning them into true believers, when in reality Gilead is a prison towards the handmaid's where their only purpose is to reproduce. In Chapter Nineteen of The Handmaid's Tale, during the ride to Commander Warren’s house, Offred has a flashback to when she was in the Red Center. In one of Aunt Lydia's lessons, she discusses how some women believed there would be no future and that the world would explode therefore putting the excuse that breeding was useless, and
Unlike the nurses found in the medical romance youthfulness, purity and naivety, delicate, skilful and capable women (De Vries, 1995). The media unfortunately influences our ideas about health care and actually creates values and opinions about professionals through television shows and dramas (Summers and Summers 2010). My views of social workers before coming to the United Kingdom gave me impression that all social workers do is sit around in an office doing paperwork or that they go out and take the children away from their family. The view of social workers in the United Kingdom, was highlighted in a recent survey of social workers (Community Care 2009), is that the media treats social work and social workers unfairly, focusing on what are considered to be disappointments or injustices acts made by social workers and just reporting bad news. I have faced many stereotypes before enrolling onto adult nursing programme and unfortunately some of them they have not been so good.
In her essay, “Behind the formaldehyde curtain” Jessica Mitford explain what embalming really is and how the steps of embalming are ridiculous and grotesque. She uses an informative and scientific tone to show what happens when a body is left in the hands of a mortician. The author’s use of vivid imagery and complex diction shows that she know what she is talking about and gives the reader an image of what really is going on. Mitford’s purpose is to show the audience that nothing is pretty when the embalming process begins. Mitford begins her essay by using a metaphor; she compares the process of embalming to a drama.
How does Claire Carmichael express her ideas about advertising? In this book, Claire Carmichael, the author talks about how ads will make the world a robotic or a fake world. It shows how people can be manipulated and loose individuality and humanity. She wants to show us how much advantage can be taken for little things, it’s just to warn us how to world might turn out because of the choices we make. Claire Carmichael expresses her opinions on advertising by creating the character of Barrett, in the chattering world, he is exposed to ads for the first time, he experiences confusion and used by Aunt Kara, as in the novel, Barrett was convinced that he should go to the dentists for a general check-up, but really it was to implant a tracking device in his tooth, this is manipulating him more because he does not know about it.
There is no exact age as to when a girl is required, or pleases, to wear makeup, but in our society girls would like to wear makeup when breakouts first occur (usually around the age of middle schooled children). Nevertheless, it is now a norm in our society to see teens and preteens believing that they must wear makeup because of what the media tells them a “beautiful girl” appears like. Popular celebrity magazines like Entertainment Weekly, People, US Weekly and many more, as well as movies, the internet and any other place the media influences can be blamed as to why our younger generations choose to begin wearing makeup at such a young age. At an early age female children should not try to imitate mother by wearing high heels, makeup and what not; instead female children should be gaining proper morals promoted by parents and loved ones in order to produce a idealistic child that every parent wishes upon. The media works hard and goes to any extent when they attempt to gain capital in our capitalistic country.
Sarah Stiles is an upcoming sophomore in high school that takes birth control for medical reasons. In order to conduct the interview I had to give her information regarding the birth control movement so she could answer the questions. There was a total of seven questions asked with the first one being: Can you describe a significant historical event that you feel influenced contemporary culture? Her reply was “ Yes, the birth control movement in the late 1800's to the present day (Personal Communication, May, 2013). During the time period of the late 1800's, women were not allowed to enjoy intercourse and men did not care about the feelings of women (Personal Communication, May, 2013).The birth control movement gave women an opportunity to become independent of their choices and put them in control of when they have children (Personal Communication, May, 2013).
Media Affects Adolescents Body Image Ellen Goodman uses an anthropological study to prove her argument in her essay “The Culture of Thin Bites Fiji.” She looks at the culture of Fiji before and after television is introduced into that culture. Before television weighting more was the desired outcome for women symbolizing that they have plenty to eat, after television was introduced to the people of Fiji imitating the thinner, beautiful actresses on television programs became normal for the young women in that society. Ellen Goodman uses a study by Anna Becker, an anthropologist and psychiatrist at the Harvard Eating Disorder Center, to argue that though they do not want to recognize it, the media and media figures have a negative effect on how adolescent girls view themselves, and their body image, and is also contributing to eating disorders not only in Fiji, but all around the world. Drastic changes took place once television was introduced into the Fijians culture. It only took thirty eight months for seventy four percent of teenagers to feel too big or too fat, and sixty two percent started to diet.
This idea is explored in the novel, ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ by Melina Marchetta emphasizing on the negative side to one’s identity and its effects on life as they move into the world. Josephine in the novel is seen to be reflecting on her culture leading her to have a negative outlook on her future and the consequences she may undergo. This is evident when she states to the reader about her social status in comparison to others at her school leading her to have a downbeat response towards her future; ‘’ I come under the ‘scholarship’ category, and when I say that, I would rather be the daughter of a labourer, I felt disadvantaged from the beginning.’’ The use of the adjective ‘ scholarship’ in inverted commas emphasizes on Josephine’s differences compared to the ones who are wealthy leading her to be excluded as she experiences the downsides of being different from the others. This also emphasizes on Josephine’s negative outlook on life as she undergoes that experience. Moreover, as she reflects on her social status, she compares herself harshly to the ones who are not from ethnic backgrounds, wealthy and have the same level of smartness as her but still leave Josephine as an outcast having a downbeat impact on her life; The repetition of the 1st person reveals the confusion felt by Josephine with respect to her identity.
These start out well as the paper starts off drawing reasonably straight forward conclusions from well accepted facts but as his argument progresses Dr. Schenk’s logic becomes based off poorly drawn conclusions. A critical example he uses in his argument is a statement made by the executive director of the National Organization for the prevention of Rape and Assault Fredric Storaska that to prevent an incident of rape the woman should treat the man as a human being. Dr. Schenk claims that Storaska in making this statement is unknowingly