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Women 's Influence On Women

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Introduction
Each day, the life of a woman gets harder within the societal structure of ‘beauty’. From their head to their toes they are told how to look, when it’s appropriate to look a certain way, and set to unrealistic standards in order to conform. It is not only a problem egged on by the male population, it also is increasingly noticed in the female population along with media coverage as well. One would think as far as the times have come that this idea of ‘beauty’ would be seen in everyone but unfortunately that is not the case. Pressures make women believe that they are not considered beautiful if they do not have magazine model bodies or they don’t have the face structure of a celebrity or they do something different than the norm with their hair or they are too short. It really is not a wonder why women struggle to feel pretty every day. False impressions are being put in the minds of youth and public by media that women just can’t live up to and shouldn’t have to. It all starts with the view society gets from mass media.
Literature Review In all ways media coverage of the ideal woman is not only sexualized but demanded. Media is forcing the idea of a ‘perfect woman’. When there is no such thing, women begin to analyze other girls and even more harshly, themselves. “[Viewing images of the sexualised female body can acculturate girls and women to self-objectify.” (Slater & Tiggemann, Sept. 2015, pg. 3) In addition to self abuse (of any form), there is also this

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