Article #1: “Body Norms and Fat Stigma in Global Perspective” Author Alexandra Brewis tackles the widespread view on weight and what people identify fat with. “Fatness and obesity are by contrast associated with ugliness, sexlessness, and undesirability but also with specifically moral failings, such as a lack of self-control, social irresponsibility, ineptitude, and laziness,” (Brewis). In this excerpt of the article, Brewis explains that the widespread view on Fatness and obesity and later on how it is unfair. “The technically obese (those with body mass index [BMI] greater than 30) have less career and educational access, lower pay, and worse health care service, and they are significantly more likely to be fired, bullied, teased, and romantically rejected,” (Brewis). This shows that society treats stout people with disrespect and unequal to everyone else.
Article #2: “Society's Pressure to be Perfect”
Author Gloria Danom informs the reader that our youth today is pressured to feel a certain way, and to act a certain way. She explains that teenagers, primarily female, feel pressured to meet today's high beauty standards. “As if maintaining the perfect body wasn’t hard enough our culture also forces girls in to the forever expanding world of make up. When young girls start to experiment with makeup, usually in middle school or early …show more content…
The objectification of women in recent years has caused many problems. A recent study by the National Report on the State of Self-Esteem revealed that “7 in 10 girls believe they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with family and friends,” (Riehle). Also, 74 percent of women say they are under pressure to please everyone, revealed by a recent study by Girls Ink. The way society has shape woman to all look the same is unfair and
Article #2: “Society's Pressure to be Perfect”
Author Gloria Danom informs the reader that our youth today is pressured to feel a certain way, and to act a certain way. She explains that teenagers, primarily female, feel pressured to meet today's high beauty standards. “As if maintaining the perfect body wasn’t hard enough our culture also forces girls in to the forever expanding world of make up. When young girls start to experiment with makeup, usually in middle school or early …show more content…
The objectification of women in recent years has caused many problems. A recent study by the National Report on the State of Self-Esteem revealed that “7 in 10 girls believe they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with family and friends,” (Riehle). Also, 74 percent of women say they are under pressure to please everyone, revealed by a recent study by Girls Ink. The way society has shape woman to all look the same is unfair and