Beauty

everything wrong when these actions could potentially lead to long term damages in young girls. And therein lies the problem with child beauty pageants. They have the potential to create long term issues for the many of the female children who are asked to participate in them. This is the stance that “Toddlers and Tiaras” takes regarding the issue of child beauty pageants; the author of the article, Skip Hollandsworth, asserts that “many psychologists believe that developmental and emotional…

The renowned fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast, originated from La Belle et la Bete; which was written by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, in 1740. In 1756, Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, a French novelist, revised the fairy tale to shorten the length and be appropriate for children. In Madame’s original version of Beauty and the Beast, was drawn-out, being over 300 pages long. Jeanne made various changes to La Belle et la Bete; she took out the sexuality component and numerous…

world, or she is so beautiful that no one can take their eyes off of her. In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” the protagonist Connie displays the effects of her beauty. Connie, the beautiful fifteen-year-old self-absorbed adolescent, attempts to test her beauty by allowing boys to lust after her. Little does she know, by seeking validation for her looks, she is setting herself up for failure. It is learned awfully early in this story that Connie is…

Given that my MWA 2 was on the topic of child beauty pageants and their corruptive traits, I have decided to transform my commentary to that of an article that would be published in a parenting magazine. I did so because I wanted my audience to be primarily mothers and fathers, and anyone with a child that would read material that gave parental advice. Which also ties in with my purpose. Because my commentary had a argument that claimed child beauty pageants to be toxic to the youth, my purpose…

patriarchy and gender roles should be destroyed immediately, because beauty pageants are keeping women in the past. The notion of beauty being a woman’s most important aspect is absolutely sickening. With this idea, women are seen as only good for sexual interaction and pleasure, domestic tasks, and aesthetic pleasure. The former pageant contestants that defend the pageant were benefited by the pageant because they fit that narrow mold of beauty. In their eyes, it is a harmless-if not…

underestimated by media and society. Women are objectified and perceived through the conventional gender role. Beauty pageants for example is demeaning to women because they focus more on the physical characteristics than the mental capabilities of these women. For women who are naturally beautiful it is a…

Beauty pageants can decrease the amount of family time, school time, and not enjoying their childhood. Beauty pageants are not free to enter it requires a lot of financial stability. According to Lucia Grosaru, “Moms are the ones who fill out the application, pay the participation fee.” Application fee, hair and make-up, outfits will cost between $2,000 to $3,000. Each time you enter you need to pay the fee again and have new outfits which cost money. According to the article, “Toddlers & Tiaras…

America is an extraordinary nation, with a melting pot of identities and sexual expression, the more complexity, the more beautiful - hence, "American Beauty." The movie, American Beauty embodies many human sexuality theories, including identity, the inferiority complex, love, gender roles, and homophobia. Multiple characters' obstacles emerge from their negligence, and inability to preserve a reasonable identity. For example, Lester Burnham experiences joy by detaching his career and family,…

defines success and beauty. This theme is portrayed by the use of costume, dialogue, and sound/ music. Society has a set look on what success and beauty is and the Hoover family challenges that. In the beginning scene the use of costume is used to establish the idea of societies definition of success and beaut. Olive is an important example of how society is defines beauty and success. In the opening scene of we have a mid shot of Olive in front of the TV looking at the beauty pageants…

In the late 20th century, English novelist Angela Carter published a short vampire fiction version of Sleeping Beauty that once again reflects society’s perception and expectation of women. In this story, an immortal vampire queen long lives in her mansion in Romania and feeds on the blood of young men. When a World War I soldier travels by on his bicycle, she lures him in and intends to eat him. However, the queen instead is “awakened” by the young man’s purity and virginity: after receiving a…