Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

Monkey see, monkey do is an unfortunate saying that captures the effect of the beauty standard on the average person. Our culture and industry bombard us with images of women with features far from the norm. This has caused many women to look and compare themselves with a very unnatural image. Many have tried to replicate the model body they see, without considering the harm that it could cause. The beauty standard today is not what it should be because the industry is manipulative, it makes women

Crop Out Photoshop A flourishing issue that causes major health risks between all ages, genders, and races worldwide goes unnoticed in many cases and shows little sign of ceasing. This “silent killer” comes not in the form of a new drug or game between reckless friends, but in the form of media’s most malicious secret: photoshop. For years, the media has cropped and slimmed its spokespeople and covermodels, and still commits this practically unnoticed yet incredibly dangerous act today. Although

I remember it clearly. As if it had happened to me. I was 15 years old and my younger sister 8. Our entire family was heading for a costume party and everyone had their costumes in hand except for one person; my younger sister. We had gone to two different Party City’s until we gave up after what my sister was influenced by. Leaving the first Party City store, my sister had posted a snap chat mentioning there were no sizes for her that fit. Minutes later her phone was bursting with notifications;

hesitation. Many Female athletes have shown off their hard work though photographs posing in awkward positions or even nude. Caroline Wozniacki the No. 5 female tennis player in the world, and MMA champion Ronda Rouse who posed for the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated are

one-quarter of children as young as seven have engaged in some sort of dieting behavior. Body image is a social issue know around the world, like eating disorders, it is seen most commonly in women, but many men also suffer from the disorder. Family life can sometimes influence our body image. Some parents or coaches might be too focused on looking a certain way or "making weight" for a sports team. Family members might struggle with their own body image or criticize their kids ' looks ("why do you wear

Humanities360 comments that “by providing concrete examples that many Americans will be familiar with, and even using the brand name of General Electric, Marge Piercy allows the story to resonate with some image of the reader's past” (Woodson). The illustrated mental image that Piercy paints is extremely relatable because it isn’t far from the lives that young girls live today. They are given dolls and makeup, and then, once they reach adolescence, they are hit with criticism from their

Women in Sports Doctor Chandler Gilman once said, “In women, inferiority of the locomotive apparatus of physical labour, is apparent in all parts… The brain is both absolutely and relatively smaller than in men. Women have an abundant supply of soft and semi-fluid cellular tissue which creates softness and delicacy of mind, low power, nonresistance, passivity and under favourable circumstances, a habit of self-sacrifice.” This is one of many taken-for-granted beliefs, which was typical in the

The winter formal was approaching fast like dark clouds before the rain hits. Frustrated, I slammed the phone down on the phone receiver. Looks like my make-shift girlfriend couldn't go to the dance because her dad said I just wanted to score. To make sure we had no off-campus interactions, he was going to make her go to family night at Shakey's Pizza that day. Man, I needed to find a date! I had been bragging to the fellas about how me and Ingrid were inseparable since I dropped that game on her

Sexism and misogyny are two things that can never be fully eradicated from our society today. In the Collins Cobuild Student’s Dictionary, the word “sexist” is described as someone who is prejudice or discriminatory against members of a single sex, usually women (“sexist”). Considering that others can perceive sexism differently, it is therefore very difficult to know where to draw the line on what is sexist and what is not. As an example, AWARE’s Alamak! Awards are known to bring light to sexist

Budweiser - The Self Proclaimed, “King of Beers” has been produced by Anheuser-Busch Company Inc., since its introduction in 1876. Anheuser Busch is the largest brewer in the world and produces more than 100 million barrels of beer per year. Budweiser is synonymous with American culture and is known for its significant efforts in promotion. Anheuser -Busch has always put a major focus on marketing and according to Business Insider, “Budweiser was a triumph of marketing over quality, by the 1980’s