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.
Not only are Mim and Rhona trying to seek approval from their superior Jim, the indirect comment about Rhona’s weight makes Rhona’s assumed overweightness to be that she is worried she will not be taken seriously in the workplace by Jim. The play perceives looks being connected to performance in the workplace a major competition for validating approval from their boss. “Rhona: He should respect you. But from what I’ve observed, I think-because you are an attractive woman-that he still uses you for window dressing. Especially when you’re working with me.
Their were people who told you to be pretty, but strong. Then there was the ideal women who was a perfect entertainer and always dressed properly. The magazines were also littered with what would today be thought of as offensive advertisements for items like vacuums and panty hose. The magazines predominately advised domestic goods and were a way of persecuting women with out them being aware of it. Most magazines were ran and edited by men who decided what should be written and the advertisements used.
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
That is where the person either thinks that they already look like someone on TV or they believe they don’t need to. Deep down on some level they are envious and it is not their fault. They have been programmed since young that they are supposed to look a certain way because of what they have seen in movies. Women are supposed to be skinny with perfect bodies and the men are supposed to be chiseled and muscular, and that’s not how everyone is. This is the biggest type of persuasion and the most dangerous, the reason I say this because not only do people judge themselves on how they look but they judge everyone else.
Beauty sells products; that’s the argument that Marshal Cohen uses to justify this opinion about the hiring protocol at many retail stores. Cohen believes that by hiring better looking people, stores are able to promote their products and increase sales. It is understandable why companies make these selections, but people should not accept all of the discrimination as typical. By hiring only “good-looking” people, retail stores are showing prejudice and discriminating. Companies should open up their criteria for hiring to apply to more people and make the selection process revolve around hard-work and ability not looks.
Everyone in the world has a distinct and personal perception of what is in their world and how they relate to it. Many people in society see themselves as being very separate to everything else and ones perception of things, acts, events and circumstances gives them a unique view and opinion of such things. Society tends to band together due to having like minded opinions and views as to how one should act and how one should interact in a given society, those who break the norms are considered different. Society has formed stereotypes to describe how a group of people chooses to live their lives in many different specific ways. People judge other people due to their dress, their skin color, the way they talk, their hair style or the music they listen to and gather these individuals into a view called a stereotype.
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.
, English Influence “Wanted” As many people know that there someone out there just born for you. People get made fun of for being their own, true self’s. Girls can be taunted and put down the most. Some don’t even seem to care but others take it personal. Hunter Hayes’s song “Wanted” gives a sense of feelings to women or men out there in the world.
Most people don't think that being themselves is good enough for other people, so they try and be someone they're not. Ke$ha always tells her fans to always be themselves and not care about what other people think. Would you ever think of wearing blue lipstick out in public? I know I wouldn't, but maybe now I'll try something wild and see how people react. How many people that you know make jokes about things that are unfortunate and are about the downside of life?