A Real Young Girl

After, making herself unrecognizable, nobody stares at Cléo and even after going up to the jukebox in the café and turning on one of her songs, the people around are more annoyed than pleased with her presence (Cléo From 5 to 7). Yet, Cléo appears to be upset and restless by the fact that no one is giving her the attention she is accustomed to (Neroni 125). However, as the movie continues and Cléo meets more and more people and explores the world further while walking aimlessly, Cléo comes to grips

about their appearance more than their health, which is also demonstrated when women are encouraged to maintain a specific weight and figure by sacrificing meals and working out incessantly shown in Breillats Fat Girl and A Real Young Girl as well. (Beauvoir, Fat Girl, & A Real Young Girl). Neroni explores this further as she writes: as much as society would like us to believe that female beauty is just biological and some women are just lucky, there are a multitude of body and behavior modifications

Cléo aligns in the first half of the film with Beauvoir’s claims that “the average Western male’s ideal is a woman who freely submits to his domination” (Beauvoir 201). Similarly, in Fat Girl, Elena represents another type of ideal woman that men seek, which is one that will give herself to him, therefore relinquishing a part of her and her control. Elena like Cléo in the first part of the film has virtually no control. Elena cannot control what happens after giving her virginity to Fernando because

depth in the story of three young Cambodian victims of sex trafficking and their struggle to transition to normalcy. The movie goes over the dark times of these young girls life’s but it also goes over the times they have overcome. In the three years it took to film for this documentary you are able to see their slow but steady transition from being a victim to becoming a survivor. Hammeke’s movie is built on pure and raw emotions of these girls struggle and shows you the real day to day struggles that

The Real Housewives series along with discouraging education and encouraging marrying rich also instills a sense of materialism into you girls. By watching these women in their mid-late forties and beyond live outlandish, material bases lifestyles, it motivates young girls to strive for this lifestyle. The show also glorifies the divorce process. With the majority of the women on the show being divorced, it makes young women think that even then they can still be “successful” without having to work

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

television. Reality TV is no exception to this rule. It may appear that reality TV is a benign phenomenon but it is in fact a virus that has quickly diseased our society. More specifically, it attracts girls most mercilessly by affecting them negatively as to how they perceive themselves. Indeed, girls who watch reality TV learn that deceit and meanness is normal behaviour in order to achieve success, begin to self-objectify more and have a higher expectation of more drama and conflict in their lives

Today society has never been more aware of the impact the media has on what is considered to be an attractive person. Those who are most vulnerable by what they observe as the American standard of attractiveness and beauty are young females. Their quest to imitate such artificial images of beauty has challenged their health and their lives and has become the concern of many. As a result, advertisements used in the media are featuring more realistic looking people. As the modern world has changed

genders and sexuality between the stories Weetzie Bat by Francesce Lia Block, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and The Color of Earth by Dong Hwa Kim. Each of these books are mainly for girl readers and it shows female characters facing changes as they are maturing from young children to young adults. On the surface there are a lot of similarities between the stories Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Weetzie Bat and The Color of Earth. The main characters Alice, Weetzie and Ehwa have

just a doll for young girls, it became a role model for them. Barbie was a friend, a fashion archetype, and a stylist who transformed young girl lives. Many young girls were impacted with Barbie’s in a materialistic way. For instance, Barbie’s clothing style and accessories became an obsession for young girls to be just like them. Young girls wouldn’t even play with other toys and only focused on their beautiful Barbie, who became their best friend. It was like these young girls were infatuated with