“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses”. In Lianne George’s essay “Why are we dressing our daughters this?” she provides an explanation on how the media has grown into a world-wide issue which manipulates the youth of today into thinking that beauty should be expressed in a particular aspect. Media’s manipulation affects all youth, however it affects young girls more than boys since they tend to act like a grown-up, possess insecurities, and are an easy target for the media.
Young girls have a tendency of acting like a grown-up. “Girls as young as 6 are adopting the external cues of womanhood, …show more content…
Each individual has their own role model that they look up to, and they want to look and dress like them. This desire leads to insecurity. According to George’s essay, “12-year-old Dakota Fanning, star of the newly released Charlotte's Web, to be the face of his latest womenswear collection” (1). In other words, the media are exploiting a 12-year-old role model for young ladies to urge them to wear what women should be wearing. As a result, young girls look at these types of commercials they believe that beauty must resemble this. Therefore, the media take advantage of this and hire young actresses to be the face of their products to attract young females. This creates insecurity around young girls and they become concerned about what they are wearing and they feel the desire to change. Magazines like “COVERGIRL” contain pictures of so-called “perfect” women, which impacts boy image of young girls. “Body Image research found that looking at magazines for just 60 minutes lowers the self-esteem of more than 80% of girls”. Since young girls starting feeling insecure at such a young age, that insecurity carries on throughout the rest of their lives and leads to even more manipulation and exploitation by clothing companies and the media. The media take an advantage of these
Young girls have a tendency of acting like a grown-up. “Girls as young as 6 are adopting the external cues of womanhood, …show more content…
Each individual has their own role model that they look up to, and they want to look and dress like them. This desire leads to insecurity. According to George’s essay, “12-year-old Dakota Fanning, star of the newly released Charlotte's Web, to be the face of his latest womenswear collection” (1). In other words, the media are exploiting a 12-year-old role model for young ladies to urge them to wear what women should be wearing. As a result, young girls look at these types of commercials they believe that beauty must resemble this. Therefore, the media take advantage of this and hire young actresses to be the face of their products to attract young females. This creates insecurity around young girls and they become concerned about what they are wearing and they feel the desire to change. Magazines like “COVERGIRL” contain pictures of so-called “perfect” women, which impacts boy image of young girls. “Body Image research found that looking at magazines for just 60 minutes lowers the self-esteem of more than 80% of girls”. Since young girls starting feeling insecure at such a young age, that insecurity carries on throughout the rest of their lives and leads to even more manipulation and exploitation by clothing companies and the media. The media take an advantage of these