Rooney Mara's Model Of Conventional Western Sexuality

“Beauty is power, and makeup is something that really enhances that; it’s a woman’s secret” - Charlotte Tilbury. Many women of the Elizabethan era had their own thought on makeup and beauty. Women with long hair and tan skin is the ideal beauty for women today, but this was not the case in this era. In the Elizabethan era, having pale skin was a sign of nobility, wealth, and (for women) delicacy, and was sought after by many. The Elizabethan view of pure beauty, and nobility was a woman with light hair and a snow white complexion complemented with red cheeks and red lips. The way people judge each other tend to make them into something they’re not.

However, the presenting of bias is fitting and does not affect the overall quality of the essay, seeing that her targeted audience is mostly women, she anticipate them to share similar viewpoints on the topic as her. Irrefutably, she specifically state, “That's one of many reasons why I and other women of my generation grew up believing -as many girls still do- that the most important thing about a female body is not what it does but how it looks. The power lies not within us but in the gaze of the observer” (Steinem 340). The author is trying to explain that women everywhere can relate to the fact that it is not about how good they are at something, it is more about their body display, and if they do not have the right face or figure essentially, they do not stand a chance between others who do. In other words, women understand the predominating ideas that are placed on them regarding how they should look or act.

A woman is portrayed with a desire to attain and maintain her physical attractiveness in order to maintain her family’s unity and security as she is always portrayed with a husband, small children and a house.

Moving forward, Dyer begins to unpack the active/passive concept of images of models. Often male models are caught in the act doing hegemonically masculine things such as: baseball, mowing the lawn, grilling, painting, etc. When not caught in the act, the male model contorts his body in a way that shows off his muscles and emphasizes the potential for action. In contrast, women never do an action. They’re always sitting on a stool waiting for people to look at her. To look is to be active and to be looked at is to be passive. Men must remove any sense of passivity in their pose and look to continue to uphold their masculine identities.

Beginning with her spruced face, the skin is tanned with mild wrinkles located on the forehead, and in-between

The argument of The Beauty Myth is that as women have received more eminence, the standard of their personal appearance has also grown. Wolf’s position on the issue is that this type of social control is potentially just as restrictive as the traditional roles of women. The Beauty Myth discusses how society’s viewpoint of beauty is detrimental to women because it causes many emotional and psychological problems to women who strive to become “perfect”. This book is important due to the fact it raises awareness to the issues that many young women are currently facing.

She uses each different text for each body part of the creation: “His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles…” This explains that It looks like unhealthy or human who are sick or ill. We usually think that people who have yellow skin are sick or unhealthy. It doesn’t look like a normal person. In addition, this quote also explains ‘Straight black lips’.

Since the beginning of time, men have taken on the role of protecting their loved-ones, leading their families, and making sacrifices. Still to this day, every male, including Don Sabo, former football player and author of “Pigskin, Patriarchy, and Pain”, is stuck in this dominant patriarchal society. On the contrary, Naomi Wolf, feminist activist, would argue in her essay, “The Beauty Myth”, that women have made significant strides in raising the standards and claiming their independence. Throughout both essays, Wolf and Sabo prove how the “average” man or women always focuses on improving their physical appearance and gaining ground in their respective social fields. Both authors show to readers that gender stereotypes and high standards

“The woman who does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet” (Mohadesa Najumi). Essentially, femininity is the art of being a woman. Through fashion in the 1920’s, a new kind of femininity blossomed enthralling both men and women. As illustrated during the Jazz Age, a wave of women rejected the damsel in distress outlook and began channeling their inner Femme Fatale.

In this magazine, a model is standing tall and confident with her beauty she holds. We also see a quote, beside the model, by Julie Henderson, the quote indicates that “every women is beautiful.” Their magazine focuses on the real beauty of each ethnicity and culture. The magazine shows a model that is not “typical skinny and blond” girl; instead she is “black.” The significance of this model, standing tall and confident, represents that all women and everyone are beautiful.

The ideas that society has put in our minds is that a woman has to be slim, look perfect and always be ready for a photoshoot. All of the women in this movie trailer have a very similar body type, these women are all slim, tall and beautiful which shows that the movie industry has narrow vision.” The beauty of the woman as objects and screen space coalesce; she is no longer the bearer of guilty but a perfect product, whose body, stylized and fragmented by close-ups, is the content of the film and the direct recipient of the spectator’s look,” (Mulvey, 2006, p. 349). The idea of a women being able to stay fit as well as being on top of all the modern fashion trends, and looking ‘perfect’ is very unrealistic. This is portrayed in the movie trailer when the one mother played by Mila Kunis is in a workout class or when her and her friends are having conversation in regards to her bra. When it comes to women’s careers they are expected to wear appropriate clothing that portrays them as professional, this allows them to be respected in the workplace. “The contemporary economy depends right now on the representation of women within the beauty myth,” (Wolf,1991, p. 18). Society continues to push the ideology that all women have to be the same size and dress certain ways in the workplace through different methods of media including movie

It’s difficult to envision a world where idealized female imagery is not plastered everywhere, but our present circumstance is a relatively new occurrence. Before the mass media existed, our ideas of beauty were restricted to our own communities. Until the introduction of photography in 1839, people were not exposed to real-life images of faces and bodies. Most people did not even own mirrors. Today, however, we are more obsessed with our appearance than ever before. But the concern about appearance is quite normal and understandable given society’s standards. According to Jane Kilborne, “Every period of history has had its own standards of what is and is not beautiful, and every contemporary society has its own distinctive concept of the

There is more in a woman that just the exterior. In today’s world people expect women to look and behave in a certain way. The reality is that if a woman doesn’t fall under the predetermined pattern is considered unattractive and not feminine. A woman shouldn’t feel threatened by her intelligence or less attractive because of her body doesn’t fit the pattern that society has established.

Attention Getter: “In a world where a constant flow of media images far exceeds the number of women we could never see face to face, this abnormally thin and digitally enhanced feminine ideal has become the norm in our minds. A counterfeit, dangerous, unattainable norm” (Kite).

We are constantly surrounded by images of the “perfect” woman. She is tall, thin and beautiful. She rarely looks older than 25, has a flawless body, and her hair and clothes are always perfect. She is not human. She is often shown in pieces – a stomach, a pair of legs, a beautifully made up eye or mouth. Our culture judges women, and women judge themselves, against this standard. It is forgotten that “beauty pornography”, as Wolf says, focuses on underweight models that are usually 15 to 20 years old. Flaws, wrinkles and other problems are airbrushed out of the picture.