Through the use of childhood toys, girls are given an expectation at a young age of what they should look like. These expectations usually illustrate rather unrealistic beauty standards that carry on through their lives. The media in many ways make women feel that they should be trying to live up to the portrayal of women that they are selling. These representations illustrate that a woman should be tall, thin, and have clear skin by retouching every image (Are). However, the average woman may not fulfill to these expectations, and are being constantly reminded that they do not by the ubiquitous images of models being used to portray what should be the “average” woman. These expectations of a woman’s body further illustrate how American society continuously brings the burden on women to live up to the impractical idea of
Through the use of childhood toys, girls are given an expectation at a young age of what they should look like. These expectations usually illustrate rather unrealistic beauty standards that carry on through their lives. The media in many ways make women feel that they should be trying to live up to the portrayal of women that they are selling. These representations illustrate that a woman should be tall, thin, and have clear skin by retouching every image (Are). However, the average woman may not fulfill to these expectations, and are being constantly reminded that they do not by the ubiquitous images of models being used to portray what should be the “average” woman. These expectations of a woman’s body further illustrate how American society continuously brings the burden on women to live up to the impractical idea of