In todays hectic, fast pace society, many Americans look forward to coming home and relaxing in front of the television. Thru out the years, television has introduced different genres to viewer. Reality television has been one of those expansion. Many Americans refer to it as their guilty pleasure, because deep down they know the message its prompting is questionable. Take The Real Housewives of Atlanta for instant. The show is based on 6 women who are supposed to display the day to day lives of upper class housewives. The show does everything except that. instead they place these false images into viewer’s head by promoting the key to happiness is in plastic surgery, money, and fame. having viewers believe that their happiness will come from
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Women of all ages are receiving cosmetic surgery as a cure to their unhappiness. Society no longer teach women to embrace their flaws, instead shows like The Real Housewives of Atlanta emphasize plastic surgery as the key to high self-esteem which will led viewer to happiness. On one of the episodes Cynthia one of the main housewives was feeling down about the size of her breast, this was causing her to fell depressed and insecure about her body. Fast forward two episodes’ latter she received breast implants. After receiving it she had the confident and happiness she has been missing for years. The show portrait the implants as the cure for her depression “Researchers found strong evidence that women with mental health issues were more likely to choose surgery; more had a history of psychological problems including depression and anxiety” (mental health). Meaning there was a deep reason behind her unhappiness beside the size of her breast. A 2003 study published in the Annals of Plastic Surgery shows “women who had cosmetic breast implants were three times more likely than the general population to commit suicide” (mental health). This mean the implants didn’t help their unhappiness, there was a much more hidden reason for their unhappiness. Society must remember that just because plastic surgery seems like a fast solution there might be a more phycological reason behind their
Women of all ages are receiving cosmetic surgery as a cure to their unhappiness. Society no longer teach women to embrace their flaws, instead shows like The Real Housewives of Atlanta emphasize plastic surgery as the key to high self-esteem which will led viewer to happiness. On one of the episodes Cynthia one of the main housewives was feeling down about the size of her breast, this was causing her to fell depressed and insecure about her body. Fast forward two episodes’ latter she received breast implants. After receiving it she had the confident and happiness she has been missing for years. The show portrait the implants as the cure for her depression “Researchers found strong evidence that women with mental health issues were more likely to choose surgery; more had a history of psychological problems including depression and anxiety” (mental health). Meaning there was a deep reason behind her unhappiness beside the size of her breast. A 2003 study published in the Annals of Plastic Surgery shows “women who had cosmetic breast implants were three times more likely than the general population to commit suicide” (mental health). This mean the implants didn’t help their unhappiness, there was a much more hidden reason for their unhappiness. Society must remember that just because plastic surgery seems like a fast solution there might be a more phycological reason behind their