The addressing of the media having a role in projection of a female athlete role interjects the media may not always send the best message concerning a female athlete, which is a message of femininity concerning the athlete. The interjection of the media cast typing how female athletes are always feminine no matter the sport you play; it will always have a feminine illusion of the female athlete. Society tells us that boys are the athletic ones and girls are beautiful. However, more and more women are making a living for athletic ability, most of the time because they are a beautiful athlete. Women athletes have made huge strides since Title IX but there is still room for improvement.
Many fashion companies use models that are plain, have “flaws”, “moles in unbeautiful places”, and unmade up faces in their ads unlike the heroin chic images. Bordo noticed the industry maneuvering into accepting diversity, but then noticed the lack of change in body types. She agreed with the direction of the ad campaigns, but disagreed on how the concept of body image is still not changing. People need to be realistic that not everyone’s body is built the same, and the media needs to stop trying to brainwash and be real. Susan Bordo is constantly writing about body image and how the media influences eating disorders because she has done her research and knows what she is talking about.
In my opinion, Americans tend to think that their appearance is everything and go to great measures to get their desired looks. I also believe that people in society are always trying too hard to make them self look like their ideal celebrity. I feel that men and women have different standards when it comes to appearance and how they view it. I also agree with Nancy Hellmich in her article, “Do Thin Models Warp Girls Body Image?” as she says that girls are becoming skinnier and skinnier as the years go by. I think as society tends to focus on their appearance more, it also becomes more dangerous.
Sometimes people do things without thinking about their health. That’s why having overeating habits is very bad and can cause obesity. Both readings, “The Wages of Sin” and “In Gorging, Truth” support comparisons that are effective in different ways. Both reading give examples of how people affected by society and this can cause health issues. That’s why they tend to overeat and get overweight.
Adalynn Couch Mrs. Williamson W131 23 September 2014 Critique of “Fat and Happy?” The article “Fat and Happy?”, written by Hillel Schwartz, discusses how society mimics people who are overweight. Schwartz claims living in a fat society would exhort self-acceptance. He also believes the fear of weight is more dangerous to one than the weight itself (180). Schwartz proposes becoming an obese society to eliminate the obese minorities and better society as a whole. Although Schwartz attempts to provoke a strong message, he neglects the use of logical support and credibility throughout the article.
The close up on Susan Sarandon’s face is used to show how beautiful she is because she uses REVLON. By using her beauty it gives the product credibility and it manipulates people because a famous person is being used and one immediately assumes that the product must be good. Furthermore, alliteration is used. Susan Sarandon’s initials match the initials of the title “Star Style” people will be more compelled to buy the product because she uses it and especially because the words confident and charismatic are used to describe her, again alliteration is shown. The REVLON advertisement use of rhetoric appeals to those who know who Sandra is and like
This teaches women that they need to constantly dote on the man, whether he pays attention or not. The companies designing these ads are using women as a tool in order to empower the advertisement to engage the consumer’s attention and to sell more products. The woman's image is being degraded because sex appeal in advertising is showing her that she is nothing more than an item, who needs the product in the ad to seem more beautiful and important to the man. This is totally wrong; they only are going to have
Many of the ads today give an image that in order to be happy and satisfied in life you have to be sexual or look sexy to get ahead. These ads are giving the wrong impression to our very fragile and susceptible young women. I believe
Traditional imagery of the once nurturing housewife has been overridden in the media with frequent depictions of women as sexual objects. These objectifications are solely based on their physical appearance and sexual appeal (Caruthers, 2006). The socially constructed myths and ideologies in modern day society implant onto woman that they are or should be concerned about their appearance. This is what influences a guy’s impression. However we all acknowledge that one should just pay enough attention to her physical beauty because inner beauty is most important.
A new size-health perspective Media has created an unrealistic image of the ideal weight for individuals. More people are engaging into unhealthy diets and extreme workouts either to reach the "perfect size" or to escape the criticism of being overweight. Under the new perspective of the ideal weight, obese ad overweight people are viewed to lack self discipline and self control by the society. However, they need to understand that genetics and medications contribute to a person's size. That's why the idea "healthy" weight varies from one person to another.