Marilyn Monroe Influence

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Aside from this extraordinary life that Marilyn lived on the outside she had a very secretive personal life that no one really knew. Monroe suffered from heartache and neglect which could be traced back from her early childhood. As a child who lived in foster homes for a long period of her life she was abused by males at a very young age which has an impact to how she interacted with men as she grow up. Being known for her glamorous body and life style most youth specifically girls looked up to being like her, but the media portrayed her to be a bad influence to the younger generation because of the way she carried her self around men. She was the type of lady who had men turned their heads to get a second look at her beauty. She was married

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