As a teenager there will be a time where breaking the bonds of childhood, entering a world of rebellion, and being obsessed with popularity will be normal. For teenage girls, in order to acquire this popularity they need to be thin, busty, and wear revealing clothing while gossiping about peers and spending time worrying about boys and parties rather than their academics. But, where did this image of how to be a popular teenage girl come from? For decades, teen films have portrayed popular teenage girls this way and the film Mean Girls is no exception. This film not only displays how the world expects teenage girls to act, but also how difficult it is for teenage girls to resist acting this way.
Diana Scutt English 090- College Writing Skills Dr. Schillig 29 November 2011 Argument Essay Mean Girls Bullying is an epidemic that our schools face; everyone has been bullied in some type of form at one point in their lives. Personally I feel as if females get it the worst. Females are bullied with words; while boys are bullied with fists. The media portrays these models as thin, beautiful girls; this ultimately makes other girls who aren’t as thin feel as if they aren’t pretty. They’re cases where females are bullied to the point where they resort to drugs and alcohol to make the pain go away, drop out of school because they can’t face their tormentors, causing some type of physical harm to their bodies, and or even resort to taking their own lives.
The media likes to capture rock musicians using drugs at wild parties and acting irresponsible to get attention from people and increase magazine sales and ratings. I consider musicians to be artists who use music as a form of expression. The majority of their actions are to uphold certain image expectations from their fan base. Rock stars are expected to act wild and crazy always engaging in scandals to keep their fans wanting more. While a majority of these people are addicts with psychological issues who usually die from overdoses of illicit drugs many actually have families and are regular normal people when they are not in the spotlight.
Girls can be rude towards people and are quick to judge a person that they have never even met. If girls are not the in the circle of the most popular girls who have all the high end designer names, hair and makeup done perfectly every day, they will most likely be judged and sadly there is no way of changing it. As for the guys if they are not playing sports then they are automatically a loser most likely and getting picked on. Kids are so cruel in high school and the bullying is even worse, especially now that social media takes up such a giant role in the life of teenagers. Cyber bullying has led kids to killing
Teens tend to turn to the most popular celebrities for guidance in their day-to-day lives. Celebrities are not only envied by our society but their images are splashed across magazines, social media, television and movies thus it is natural for teens to use them as role models (Pejakovic.www.selfgrowth.com/ 2015,PP1-2) . This essay will argue that there are many serious impacts of celebrity youth icons on youth identified in the world today therefore it is very important for the society to address these challenges. To begin with, this essay will identify celebrity role on youth culture. Moving on, this essay will discuss the effects of celebrity youth icons on youth in the world today.
As the final survey was conducted, at a San Francisco High School, the outcomes produced were very anti gay and lesbian as the teenagers had seemed to have already established an opinion that homosexual relationships were disgusting and immoral. There was a heavy emphasis placed on the fact that the younger children were more
Lena N. Staton Professor Moodie English 112 20 March 2012 The Popular Culture of Media and Effects Popular culture affects everyone. In today’s society, teens are faced with images and fashion trends from the media. They are pushed to wear what everyone else is wearing through television, movies, the Internet, and magazines. Media defines Popular culture, what the trends are, what people should wear, how they should act and what they should be listening to. Everywhere we look, women are set to be beautiful and sexy.
In magazines, the “ideal” body type is always on the cover so teens wont be able to miss it. In the film by Kibourne, she shows an ad with an excessively thin girls sitting down. The caption of that ad said, “The more you subtract, the more you add.” This caption sends the wrong message to these adolescents who look at it. Because they are inexperienced, they take whatever they see into consideration. Like Kilbourne said, they are the prime targets.
The lyrics with sexual content made the teens partake in sexual activities. Since music is a big part of teen’s everyday life, the sexual lyrics in the music will encourage them to want to do the sexual behavior portrayed in the lyrics. This support the thesis because my thesis states music encourages sexual activity, and DeNoon said sexual lyrics made the teen initiate in intercourse which is sexual. In this article, “Degrading lyrics linked to earlier teenage sex,” Steve Connor talks about a study showing how teenagers who listen to degrading lyrics engage in precocious sexual activity, in the result of his study he finds, “In fact,
Today, some of top played songs contain lyrics that are about sex. The media basically disguises the words with “slang” and these songs are promoted and become so popular among the youth. Also, there are multiple magazines available to the public, with big flashy titles discussing sex tips and secrets, and scandals within the celebrities. You can find these magazines and advertisements almost anywhere. They are placed just a couple of shelves away from the popular teenage magazines, making it easy for the youth to access and read.