...where most females are going through the process of puberty (“NYC Girl’s Project”). This is also the time that popular media presents the social cultural standard on body image; the mind set that a person can never be “too rich or too thin” (Serdar). An image that is nearly impossible to be obtained, even for the idealistic female model, who struggle to be “unique”. The media has a profound effect on females and how they come to perceive their bodies, for this specific reason we need to change the societal norm. In the early 1900’s the Gibson Girl highly influenced society, much like the Barbie of the late 1900’s. Charles Dana Gibson, the creator of the...
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...Sample Student Research Paper (Spring 2013) All Dolled Up: The Effect of Child Beauty Pageants on Contestants Reality TV shows like Toddlers and Tiaras and Little Miss Perfect expose the growing popularity of child beauty pageants. These shows have turned pageants into an industry that is valued at $5 billion (Cartwright 1105). This newly created pageant industry has changed the child beauty pageant system—contestants are competing at younger ages, they are wearing more makeup, and the focus is shifting away from natural beauty towards glitz and glam. The emergence of a pageant industry has changed the pageant system, but what affect does this industry have on contestants? More importantly, do pageants’ effects on young contestants warrant regulation? As more young girls compete in pageants, answering these questions and determining the effects of child beauty pageants becomes more important. These questions need to be answered so that the well being of pageant participants is ensured. The issue of regulation is of particular importance since parents, pageant companies, and the media all contribute to the growing pageant industry. Some regulation is needed to protect the young participants. Generally this regulation would be the parent’s responsibility, but in this paper I will argue that the industry merits specific regulation. In order to prove that regulation is warranted, I will analyze the negative impacts of the pageant industry using research from psychologists...
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...Frankenstein Ethical Debate Reflection The only thing that is perfect is the word perfect, well at least it used to be. With all of the new technological advances and medical research, a person can change themselves into anything they want, a more symmetrical face and perfectly pointy nose is only one phone call and doctor’s appointment away. The new technological advances in the physical appearance of human beings is putting too much pressure of humans to be perfect, which is not a real or attainable thing which is causing the standards for humans to be set too high. Because of all of the physical changes that are now possible with plastic surgery, people are changing themselves from the way that they were made; people are no longer content with their natural beauty. The new surgeries and treatments that are now available for people are causing so much more pressure to fit in in society. How are people supposed to fit in if we keep making advances that make people feel like they need to change themselves even more. In my opinion each and every person is made differently and that is what makes the world the diverse place that it is, if everyone want to look the same and look “perfect” there will be no diversity at all. Before all of the medical advances were made true beauty was what people had, not silicone beauty. When people aren’t considered “beautiful” they are often looked over and not noticed, possibly even socially out casted. And now with all of the cosmetic surgeries...
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...Teenagers’ Pursuit of Perfection: Detours and Roadblocks to Development Lipa City In partial fulfillment of the requirements in English IV English IV Research Paper Teenagers’ Pursuit of Perfection: Detours and Roadblocks to Development Table of Contents Title Page……………………………………………………………………………………………….. i Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………………… ii Table of Contents……………………………………………………………………………………. iii I. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………… p. 1 a. Statement of the Problem ..….……………………………………………………....... p. 2 b. Significance of the Study …...………………………………………………………….. p. 2 c. Scope of the Study ……...………………………………………………………………… p. 3 d. Definition of Terms ...……………………………………………………………………. p. 3 II. Review of Related Literature and Studies …………………………………………… p. 6 a. Related Literature ……………………………………………………………………….. p. 6 b. Related Studies …………………………………………………………………………… p. 7 III. Methodology ………………………………………………………………………………………... p. 9 a. Research Instrument …………………………………………………………………... p. 9 b. Research Participants and Locale ……………………………………………….... p. 9 c. Research Method ……………………………………………………………………….... p. 9 IV. Data Presentation and Analysis …………………………………………………………. p. 10 V. Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations …………………………………… p. a. Findings b. Conclusions c. Recommendations VI. Bibliography VII. Appendices CHAPTER 1 Introduction “The...
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...ENGL& 102 (5) Online Mark J Bronson Rosemary R. Reigle, Ed.D. SID 910088653 Essay #2 PRE-WRITING CLUSTER Internships go to top students Internships go to top students Too much weight is placed on grades Too much weight is placed on grades Competition for limited spaces puts pressure on applicants Competition for limited spaces puts pressure on applicants Employers looking for top students for internships and permanent placement Employers looking for top students for internships and permanent placement Top companies want top graduates Top companies want top graduates Acceptance into 4 yr universities Acceptance into 4 yr universities Academic Integrity Under Assault as Students Compete for Perfect Grades Academic Integrity Under Assault as Students Compete for Perfect Grades Help students find a major that they love and excel in Help students find a major that they love and excel in Refocus students on love of learning Refocus students on love of learning Focus is not on learning Focus is not on learning Curriculum should be career focused and not filled with breadth classes. Curriculum should be career focused and not filled with breadth classes. Cheating is out of control Cheating is out of control Students focus on tests and “braindump” after test Students focus on tests and “braindump” after test Study the “instructional” material in Chapters 1 through 11, read Chapter 16 and in a 600 word essay take position and support it with authoritative evidence...
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...Contributing Factors to Various Eating Disorders Introduction The proposed topic discussed throughout this research will be eating disorders, specifically on the contributions to various eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, athletica nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating. Through much research, it is shown there are larger causes to these eating disorders. It is no longer a psychological factor (brain chemical misbalance). There are greater forces that influence eating disorders such as the mass media, family, stress (sense of identity), community (peers/school), and negative body image (which links to mass media). It is important to know these contributions to eating disorders because, the more one knows about the various factors for an eating disorder, the easier it will become to treat these disorders (help one suffering with an eating disorder cope and become healthier.) Throughout the 21st century, eating disorders have become more common among North American teens. With a higher percentage rate of eating disorders in the 21st century, (Sneddon, 1999, p.35) it shows it is an area that should have greater focus. Not only does it have a negative impact on the individual who is battling it, it has a negative impact on society; an impact that could destroy our society – mentally if we (as a community/society) do not help or treat this in the way it should be. An eating disorder can tear apart someone’s morals, eat at their brain – which means with it becoming more...
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...How the media affects body image of females in America It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What happens when those eyes are the shallow, blind eyes of the media? Beauty is no longer valued as personality or kindness, but as how many bones stick out of one’s skin. There are many factors in today’s society that contribute to the idea of beauty such as appearance. The main poison affecting how society views beauty is the media. Female adolescents and adult women in the United States are more interested in beauty and obsessed with body image now than ever before. The twenty-first century is obsessed with the media and what it delivers to the public. What the media emphasizes is what the women of the world desire. If the media advertises skinny as beautiful, that is what women aim to achieve. Magazine advertisements, television, and runway models all have one thing in common: distortion of body image. When opening the monthly issue of Allure or Vogue, many of the women are extremely thin. The clothes worn in these ads are tiny an very revealing. It appears that the fashion industry is trying to say that the skinnier one is, the better the clothes will look on the body. When a female turns on the television to watch Gossip Girl or Victorious, the girls are gauntly skinny. The media has a negative impact on body image for females of all ages in the United States, leading to eating disorders and plastic surgery. Body image is crucial to females in America, the...
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...Abstract: This project was based on body image and social media. There are several articles which state that social media plays a huge role in the influence of young adults and the way they see themselves. The reason i did this is to show the impact either being negative or positive on the understandings of body image on young adults and that social media plays a role. The research methods used were primary and secondary as i need existing data as well as gathering new data, both were qualitative research. In this project there was an interview on a school teacher that was taken in consideration. In this report i displayed a survey and interview that was used to gather results on this subject. The survey was given online which was easier for people...
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...The Media’s Representation of Women The greatest problem facing women is the way the media portrays and represents them. America’s population is about 51% female, but the media is mainly focused on men and their actions (The Problem). Many things in the media that are said are sexist and degrading to women. Ads with completely normal meaning such as trying to sell food or other products are oversexualized with women in them, trying to convince people to get the product. This pressure from the media to be perfect and ideal can cause eating disorders, encourage self harm and dangerous behavior, and lead to other mental illnesses. The National Organization for Women created a campaign that promotes women and encourages them to be willing to try new things. The media is unfair to women and there must be a way to help it get better and help women reach equal representation with men in the media. Men are represented in the media much more than women are. In about a 3 to 1 margin, males outnumbered females in front page newspaper headlines in coverage of the 2012 presidential election. On TV talk shows aired on Sundays, of all people interviewed women made up 14% and only...
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...people over the last couple of decades, even though it has been around for centuries. The public eye has been watching movie stars and rock stars enhance their looks by getting breast implants, nose jobs, lip jobs etc. Shows on TV and images produced by the media will make people do almost anything to fit the world’s standards of the perfect body, perfect face and even the perfect toes. Plastic surgery offers a quick fix to help achieve this goal but no matter how much surgery nothing or no one will be perfect. With cosmetic surgery being made affordable to more people than ever before, more individuals are getting cosmetic surgery to look like the perfect person or the favorite celebrity. But then, there are some people who get plastic surgery not to just look like the famous celebrity but also because of the parents who pressure the child or teenager to get cosmetic surgery due to the child or teenager’s “abnormalities” and “low self-esteem”. Although cosmetic surgery can help with low-self esteem, images, shows produced by the media and even some parents are the problems that many Americans of all ages deal with to want to look like the perfect person or the famous A-list celebrity. From the beginning of time people of every race and culture have gone to extremes in the name of beauty from foot-binding in China, to dangerously constricting corsets in Victorian times, to nose jobs in 800 B.C. India. In the Sunday Times, the article “Ancient Plastic Surgery” written by John...
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...According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary beauty is defined as the qualities in a person or a thing that give pleasure to the senses or the mind (Merriam-Webster).In today's society teenagers too often turn to cosmetic surgery in their drive to reach perfection. Should there be a limit or should today's society redefine the meaning of beauty? As it is said, beauty is in the eye of the beholder; but that seems to have changed over time. The way the media has portrayed beauty it gives off an illusion of what a teenager growing up is supposed to look like once they are older. This has caused for teenagers to chase an impossible goal of being picture perfect and are willing to take risks to look the way they wish to. The most popular cosmetic surgeries between teens under the of 18 are: Otoplasty (ear surgery), Rhinoplasty (nose reshaping), Breast reduction,Correction of breast asymmetry and Treatment of Gynecomastia. (The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery). These surgeries seem to be what teenagers feel may be what is holding them back from reaching their goal perfection without thinking of the risks.In the media almost everyone has the perfect body and the perfect face. By seeing this so much in the media cosmetic surgery seems like the easy way to reach the goals of looking "perfect" without knowing the risks. According to the article Journal of Adolescent Health, breast implants typically last approximately 10 years. The likelihood of capsular contracture and other complications...
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...[Name of the Instructor] [Date] Possible Health Concerns for Children Born To Overeating Mothers Executive Summary Increased using up of new energy-intense, nutrient-poor foodstuffs with very high sugar and saturated fats level, merged with reduced exercises, have led to corpulence rates that have increased three-times or more since 1980 in North America, Eastern Europe, the UK, the Pacific Islands, the Middle East, Australasia and China, as said by the UN-backed World Health Organization (WHO). A recent research reveals that Obesity in pregnancy causes a tremendous danger to the wellbeing of the unborn infant. Infants of overweight mothers are born as pre-diabetics or with severe birth imperfections that can cause kidney or heart disease, besides other troubles. These issues much strengthens in the age group 1year to 10 years. Overeating in pregnancy can have significant and numerous precarious health impacts on an unborn infant.[1] In this research paper, I have analyzed several factors of obesity in pregnant mothers that lead to health issues for their unborn infants and it will affect them through their lives. I have conducted a comprehensive interview with Executive Director of “The Consumer Wellness Center”, Mike Adams, who in detail describes the dangers associated with obesity in mothers and its effects on their children. Further a latest about the issue has been analyzed with a recommendation to mothers on how they can avoid this increasingly spread health...
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...the causes are of anorexia, or other eating disorders for that matter. They say eating disorders can be caused by many things such as: biological, psychological, social, cultural and even family factors (Gowan). For many of the sufferers, anorexia becomes almost like a religion. People feel this way because, they have power over themselves. They control what they can eat and they feel in power when they do this (Bennett). A story I found off of ebsco, (academic resource website) was a girl who dreamed of being a ballerina. She saw many dancers who were thin and good at dancing and that’s what she wanted to be like. This girl was only 15 years old when she started to starve herself. It was all because of a role model she looked up too. This girl lost 30 pounds and she still didn’t think that she had any problems. She wouldn’t admit to anorexia. Most people with the disease don’t admit to it because they feel that they don’t have a problem. Finally after a year, she...
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...disorder defined by excessive food restriction, illogical fear of gaining weight, and a misleading negative body self-perception (Nogal & Lewinski, 2008). The disorder naturally consists of extreme weight loss. It is frequently developed during adolescence and early adulthood. People with this disorder constrain the amount of food they consume because of the fear of gaining weight to live up to the delusion of a “perfect person” which does not exist. This causes metabolic and hormonal disorders that may cause long-term effect to the body (Carlson & Heth, 2007). Anorexia is a medical term for the lack of appetite. On the other hand, people with anorexia do not lose their appetites. It has many complex allegations and may be thought of as a constant illness that may never be truly cured, but only managed over time. Anorexia is characterized by low body weight, inappropriate eating habits, and obsession with having a thin figure. Those who suffer from it may also practice repeated weighing, measuring, and mirror gazing, in conjunction with other compulsive actions to make sure they are still thin. This is a common practice known as “body checking” (Brooks, 2010). A disorder such as this one is often attached with a partial self-concept which may be maintained by various intellectual prejudices amongst oneself that alter how people evaluate and thinks about their body. Those suffering from this disorder often view...
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...Strain Injury. By Georgia Green Introduction Taking care of your body whilst carrying out a physical job can be hard, especially when trying to maintain good posture when feeling tired. Slacking on posture can lead to many problems including Repetitive Strain Injury, back injuries, sprains and more. Many therapists are experiencing or have experienced some type of strain or injury through doing their physical job of being a beauty therapist (1) Repetitive strain injuries (RSI) involving the arm, shoulder and neck affect approximately 30% of workers...
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