Elline Lipkin From Girl's Bodies Girls Selves Analysis

In today’s culture, there is a cloud that simmers over teenage girls; this cloud is called body image, it lingers and constantly pressures girls into thinking that they need to attain a “standard” weight and have a “certain” body type to be appealing to society. One contributing factor is the media; it has poisoned the minds of our generation and now the damage seems to be irreversible. Girls are constantly bombarded with ads that tell girls they need to groom, get that bikini wax, buy this facial, have this hair style, buy the latest clothes and keep that weight down. The list goes on and on, the focus isn’t on the products anymore it’s on shaming girls into buying products in hopes of attaining that model figure. Although she successfully uses pathos to show how girls have been manipulated and succumbed to society's view of body image in her article, “From Girl's bodies, Girls selves”, Elline Lipkin fails to strengthen her argument by discarding the opposing view points forcing the reader into a one sided opinionated …show more content…
This quote presents a dilemma because the year this happened was in the 1800’s, and with no substantial evidence of advertisement, there was no need for girls to feel insecure but Lipkin fails to acknowledge that it’s human nature to be drawn to something appealing. She’s so focused on blaming the media that she glosses over the aspect that the majority of girls can choose not to be affected such as the case with Ashlee“I just don’t understand shaving every day” (Lipkin 596) Here is the proof that not all girls are affected the so-called “standards” that society dictates one should live and die