In the Film “Miss Representation,” Jennifer Siebel documents her whole life story, and how it has affected her from being since she was a little girl to a woman/mother. In her documentary she speaks with a very soft and somewhat of a broken and depressing voice, leading viewers to feel some type of emotion for her. She touches a lot of people with this documentary as she shows through her documentary how all these years’ women have only been good for one thing, a perfect body and a perfect face. Jennifer Siebel emphasizes on how woman at a very young age are led to believe that they need to grow up to be thin and beautiful. Being smart will not make a difference in girl’s futures. According to the film “Miss Representation,” Jennifer Siebel
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Girls are pressured to maintain a super skinny
Tarin 2 body, leading to malnutrition and anorexia as well as bulimia. In the film “Miss Representation” Maria, a high school student, states that the media wants you to be something that you are not; she also states that her little sister started cutting herself because she was being told that she was too fat. The media is so powerful, and children are like sponges. They just absorb all the information that they see and hear. Girls have grown up with this mentality that if they are not thin and beautiful they are done. Girls at a very young age are taught by the media that they are to be physically perfect and beautiful; boys are to be strong and successful no matter what they look like. According to the film “Miss Representation,” 53% of 13 year old girls are unhappy with their bodies, the number of cosmetic surgical procedures performed on youth under age 19 more than tripled form 1997-2007. It is also said that U.S woman spend $12,000.00 to $15,000.00 a year on beauty products and salon services. This all based on studies that they have done. Children do not need to be exposed to
Girls are pressured to maintain a super skinny
Tarin 2 body, leading to malnutrition and anorexia as well as bulimia. In the film “Miss Representation” Maria, a high school student, states that the media wants you to be something that you are not; she also states that her little sister started cutting herself because she was being told that she was too fat. The media is so powerful, and children are like sponges. They just absorb all the information that they see and hear. Girls have grown up with this mentality that if they are not thin and beautiful they are done. Girls at a very young age are taught by the media that they are to be physically perfect and beautiful; boys are to be strong and successful no matter what they look like. According to the film “Miss Representation,” 53% of 13 year old girls are unhappy with their bodies, the number of cosmetic surgical procedures performed on youth under age 19 more than tripled form 1997-2007. It is also said that U.S woman spend $12,000.00 to $15,000.00 a year on beauty products and salon services. This all based on studies that they have done. Children do not need to be exposed to