The Female Body Documentary Analysis

Even though media vaunts an iridescent image of what every girl should look like, the simple fact is just, it is impossible. It is because the pictures in the media are not true—they all have gone through lots of Photoshop. Only 5 percent of women have the body type seen in almost all advertisements. Besides, most of fashion models are thinner than 98 percent of American women. However, women still continue to do whatever they can in order to fit into that idea of ‘perfection’. Eating disorders have harassed who want to feel like they are ‘beautiful’, for years. Women are willing to do anything even though it can cause harm to their own self due to low self-esteem. Do you want your sister, friends or girl friends always feel depressed and doing harm to themselves, as they feel dissatisfied about their

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. At least, that’s what is taught to believe at an early age. Elline Lipkin, however, holds fast to the understanding that as true as that saying may be, there are outside forces that are intent on readjusting our vision to “true beauty”: the kind that can be bought off the shelves. In her article, “Girls’ Bodies, Girls’ Selves: Body Image, Identity, and Sexuality”, Lipkin employs several different external resources to help demonstrate her belief that young girls’ (“Before they even abandon their teddy bears…“ (Para 2)) definition of their own appearance is polluted and distorted by the vastly massive world that is the American media. Besides pulling from other articles and fact sheets, she also effectively utilizes a clearly logical train of thought, an operative tone, and countless examples of emotional appeal.

how the female body is displayed in the story, where it becomes something that revolves around beauty, appearance and sexual satisfaction. The story implies that because women are supposed to be dependent and accepting, men have the power to decide their faith. In which case, the Erl-King is already in the process of “weaving for [her]” (Carter 90) a cage, where she is meant to stay “among the other singing birds” (90) as another one of his “accessories” and prized possessions. The cage acts as a way to not only oppress the female body, but to shape them into what he wants them to be. Furthermore, in relation to the Erl-King’s way of regulating female bodies by locking them in cages, Rubin explains how in “New Guinea highlands, women are

Kelley names articles of clothing she knows the audience is wearing at that particular time. No matter what social hierarchy the women are categorized in each of them own a pair of socks, stockings, and/or underwear. This makes a vital realization in the hearts of the women. Now the women feel guilty. All of their life they have been wearing “little beast” clothing. This creates a sense of guilt that will make the women want to rally together and abolish child labor.

Peg O’ Conner offers evidence in her article by stating some of the common, daily mistakes people do. She claims that rejecting this anxiety is also rejecting our humanity and says that this ‘anxiety’ is part of who humans are (Conner). Conner does actively prove her point, but she requires logos to show her ethos. Much of the article is full of pathos, but Conner needs to include more logos to evaluate a stronger argument. Conner needs more proven statistics from different studies. She needs to have evidence from various sources to show that anxiety does, in fact, exist in everyone. Conner’s arguments are somewhat valid. She needs to include more logic in her article to make it more reliable. She does; however, offer some valid and credible points by providing what most-if not all- readers experience

Raina Kelley covers society's issues and cultural controversies for Newsweek and The Daily Beast.’s. In her article “Beauty Is Defined, and Not By You” aims to convince her readers that women success or not is not depends on beauty. “When I’m on m deathbed, I hope to be smiling in satisfaction about all I accomplished, not that I made it to 102 without any cellulite.” One of her goals is to remain all girls do not get influence by this society, just be brave and continue to reject that beauty is the only way to get ahead. Kelley used personal experiences, facts and examples, also counter argument to create a convincing argument.

Netflix's Born in the Wrong Body presents transgender individuals and gives their families the opportunity to express what life is like in the eyes of a parent with a trans child. It initiates with "My Transgender Kid," a biopic about two diverse seven-year-olds that have one immense thing in common: they both identify as a sex they weren't born with.

"Women face immense pressure from the media and entertainment to look a certain way, accomplish certain goals, and all around try to be “perfect.” My message is to share with women that every person is so uniquely talented, beautiful."

Men and women often use their bodies in different ways, this is not breaking news. However, the reasons and consequences behind this difference is important. The situations women will often put themselves in will vary greatly from men because of the perceived abilities of our bodies. Most women would not accept a job on a construction site because of a lack of belief of what the female body is capable of. Similarly, women who apply to these types of jobs are often not hired. When lifting objects, or using force to accomplish a task, we “frequently fail to summon the full possibilities of our muscular coordination, position, poise, and bearing.” (pg. 26) This is, in part, because “feminine bodily existence is overlaid with immanence.” (pg. 29) Instead of using her whole body, a woman will “concentrate motion in one part of the body alone, while the rest of the body remains relatively immobile.” (pg. 29) While men often experience the full ability of their bodies, and therefore, can fully accomplish, without issue any task they want, this is not often the case for women.

In Zadie Smith’s On Beauty, one main struggle that all the female characters have in common is body image. The burden of a woman’s body remains a main premise throughout the entire novel as the characters define their worth and have their worth defined by others based on their physical appearance. The female body is viewed by characters in different ways based on gender and age. The men in the novel view women’s in terms of their sexual worth as they focus on a woman’s physical appearance rather than her internal beauty, intellect and strengths. The older women in the novel have a more realistic view of their own bodies and even find value in their aging bodies. On the other hand, the younger women struggle with negative body image as well as their sexual power as they begin their journey as women.

I conceal my face with layers of makeup hoping that half a bottle of BB cream will be enough to make me as flawless as Kylie Jenner look on the cover of Seventeen magazine. I use innumerous acne medications, aspiring to be as unblemished as the girls in the Clean and Clear commercials. I reject bags of M&Ms and fudge brownies thinking that my sacrifices will make me “love my body” as much as the emaciated Victoria Secret models love theirs (see appendix A). I routinely shave my legs and armpits and pluck my eyebrows with fear of becoming the hairy woman the media deems horrendous. I do everything, yet feel like I am nothing. Nothing compared to the beautiful women pictured on television, magazines, and

Most women by looking at constantly appearing images in social media start to think that this is how they must look to be successful and desired. They are being told how to dress, style their hair and apply make-up.

It 's not a mystery that society 's ideals of beauty have a drastic and frightening effect on women. Popular culture frequently tells society, what is supposed to recognize and accept as beauty, and even though beauty is a concept that differs on all cultures and modifies over time, society continues to set great importance on what beautiful means and the significance of achieving it; consequently, most women aspire to achieve beauty, occasionally without measuring the consequences on their emotional or physical being. Unrealistic beauty standards are causing tremendous damage to society, a growing crisis where popular culture conveys the message that external beauty is the most significant characteristic women can have. The approval of prototypes where women are presented as a beautiful object or the winner of a beauty contest by evaluating mostly their physical attractiveness creates a faulty society, causing numerous negative effects; however, some of the most apparent consequences young and adult women encounter by beauty standards, can manifest as body dissatisfaction, eating disorders that put women’s life in danger, professional disadvantage, and economic difficulty.

In this day and age, the epidemic of these so called ‘beauty’ standards is only getting worse and worse. Because of photo modification, low self esteem in regular everyday people is starting to become something that is nearly considered normal. Today, 42% of girls from age 5-8 want to be skinnier, 52% of girls aged 9 to 13 feel better when they are dieting and by the age of 17, 78% of girls are unhappy with their own bodies. Think about

constantly thrown at people through images and the language the media uses. A Lancome advertisement asks, “what makes a woman feel beautiful?” with the response “a youthful radiance that shines from within.” In just seven days a woman can feel much more beautiful by using Lancomes new serum that will make her look younger. Underneath these words in small print Lancome also states, “beauty has no age, #loveyourage. (Vogue)” The media is constantly contradicting themselves with what they advertise. A woman is supposed to buy this new serum so she will be more attractive and beautiful, but, at the same time she is supposed to embrace and love the age she is. As stated in No-one Expects Me Anywhere, Pamela Gibson states, “…above all we need to rethink our attitudes of aging… our negative images of old age are constantly reinforced through film, television, and newspapers, where representation often resembles caricature (Gibson, 87).” By only accepting and representing one small portion of society, the media is setting up consequences for the rest of society who do not fall under the accepted standards.