Youg Girls and Female Role Models

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Instructor: Nina Roth Writing 121 Summer 2012 Amanda Lovegrove First Draft, Essay One It seems that young girls today are in lack of proper role models, there are few strong females for our daughters to look up to. When I was a girl my biggest role model was my grandmother, she was the strongest woman I had ever met. To be honest, I do not think that I could put into words all of the amazing qualities that she had and that I envied. Unfortunately my daughter does not have her to look up to because of her passing before my daughter was born, and again unfortunately my daughter does not have her own grandmother around to have as a role model. Children are always looking for someone to look up to, someone to “lead by example”, the advertizing our young girls see every single day has a role to play in this topic as well. When it comes to advertizing, this is an area that could use some work in regards to the role that it plays on our children’s daily lives. When watching television, or simply driving down the road, you see woman portrayed as these beautiful fragile things that need to be taken care of and saved by a man in order to be happy. I do not think this when I think of a woman, I think of the person that keeps things in order and under control, the person to whom is strong, independent, intelligent, naturally beautiful but does not need her looks in order to be successful . There is so much to woman that a young girl has to look up to but all that I see when it comes to advertizing is their outer beauty and not much effort put into the inner strengths that us as woman have. Think of it, what do you typically see woman advertizing? Beauty products, whether it be makeup or shampoo, so much emphasis on the outer and not enough on the inner beauties that all of us woman have we just have to look at it and understand ourselves and stop staring in the
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