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Submitted by commando3 on May 26, 2005
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Everyone who brings home a bad report card knows that with a little
effort they can better their grades. Yet there are some things in life
that you cannot
change and the way you look is one of them. In today's
society teenage girls face an ongoing battle to attain the perfect body
image. The following paper discusses the definition of perfect, why we
strive to attain this impossible ideal, why we don't fight to change the image, and the consequences that can result from this battle to please.
A dictionary definition of perfect is: 1. complete, having all its
essential qualities 2. faultless, excellent 3. exact, precise 4.
entire, total(1). Now does this seem like a reasonable goal to strive
for? Absolutely not, it is impossible, yet so many teenage girls feel
that perfection is within their reach. Society plays a massive role in
influencing our lives and our judgment. The emphasis placed on looking
good in our society clouds our vision of what is truly important.
Western culture portrays certain morals and ideals that girls feel they
must live up to. Society's ideals themselves are largely influenced by
those of the media, which in return puts added stress on the image
problems that teenage girls face. Every time they look around
themselves. "[They] loose [their] sense of self, individuality and fall
victim to narrow definitions of beauty defined by the media. The media
acts as a propaganda machine determined to shake our confidence, remind
us we aren't good enough, we haven't made it, that we just simply don't
measure up."(2) All we see in the media these days are tall, thin,
beautiful girls with great skin and even better figures. The media
sends out the message that the ideal body should resemble that of
a Barbie doll. Girls are supposed to try and look like this, so...
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