American Girl

obsessed over girls with the ‘perfect’ body. This constantly forces girls at a young age to be pressured to have the perfect body, when in reality that is impossible. Society sets up expectations for girls to try and be more like the image of a tall, model-thin girl with perfect hair and flawless skin. These images are stamped and burned into young girls minds and cause them to be motivated to become something they are not, which can lead to very harmful outcomes. Society should not pressure…

The novel Sold, by Patricia McCormick, follows a young girl, Lakshmi, a thirteen year old girl, and her family living in a small village in Nepal struggling to make ends meet. Lakshmi’s biological father has died so her mother remarries an alcoholic but it is considered that any man is better than no man at all. When the Himalayan monsoons destroy her family's crops, Lakshmi’s step-father meets a woman who claims she will take Lakshmi to be a maid in the city, and he sends her away. After what…

peer exclusion. Checklist Data During my observation, I collected a total of 14 conflicts for the one hour period I was at the ASI Children Center. The percentage of each gender group were 0% girls group, boy groups 64%, and mixed gender group 36%. In gender frequency boys tend to have more conflict than girls. The mean intensity was 1.71 with the range from 1-3 and the mean duration was 1.36 with the range of 1-2. The boys mean intensity is 1.14 and a duration of .86. Mixed gender’s mean…

old typically gets a big colorful dress. The dress plays a big part in the quinceanera because it’s what makes the girl stand out. Most girls wear a formal dress at church during the opening mass and change after for the party/reception. Another big part of the quinceanera is the cake. At most quinceaneras, the cakes are decorated very nicely and have a small figure of a young girl at the top of the cake that resembles the 15 year…

Sexualization of Younger Girls Let me ask you a question. Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought something negative about yourself? That should not be the case but there are many others struggling with the same thing; because of the sexualization of young girls and women in the media. The sexualization of younger girls’ even women has been going on for as long as I can remember. It’s all over the media. Did you know that eighty percent of 10-year old girls in the U.S. report that they…

human being as the male they are themselves. In our society when one is beautiful we often find it surprising when they are intellectual as well. Because in lots of cinema medias women are seen objects that seek love (Media and Girls." N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2016). Young girls are exposed to stereotypical media at an early age demonstrating how women are identified as weak individuals that are mainly motivated to find love and romance.…

story of an intelligent, curious girl named Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout. Scout is the daughter of Atticus and the caring sister of Jem. She is a young girl who matures into a grown young woman over the course of the book. Scout goes through a lot in this book and realizes many things, one being how to step into someone else's shoes. Next Scout learns that everyone is equal and that we cannot judge anyone by their appearance. This book demonstrates how a girl goes from a young…

beautiful. Sadly, this happens a lot more than one may think in the children’s pageant world. “A report by the American Psychology Association found that the hypersexualzation of young girls is strongly associated with eating disorders, low self-esteem, and depression” (5 Reasons Child Pageants are Bad for Kids). This can be seen in another study that showed out of one hundred and one girls that are involved in pageants, twenty-six percent reported having an eating disorder (Lindsey 8). As one…

It could however also be seen by some as a portrayal of the Aryan race which was a particularly prominent ideal at the time due to Nazi Germany's intentions. In fact, the doll that inspired Barbie, Lilli, was created by a German toy company that were known supporters of Hitler. One of the founders of the company actually describes the Lilli, doll in a similar way that those described the Aryan race, from this we can infer that her blonde-haired, blue-eyed appearance was just that. Therefore…

The Sixties Borderline Personality Disorder “Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60s. Or maybe I was just a girl... interrupted” (Girl et al., 2016). Girl Interrupted a movie produced by James Mangold from 1999 based on the book written by Susanna Kaysen. Kaysen wrote a book about her own 18 month stay in a mental hospital during the 60’s. The movie stars Winona Ryder, Whoppi Goldburg and Angelina Jolie. Winona Ryder plays the role of Suzanna Kaysen; in the movie the actress Winona Ryder…