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BB1 Beauty Pageants All Beauty pageants have been questioned for whether or not they are truly innocent. In many cases, the smiles and happiness is more real than phony. While many believe it is okay to put children in beauty pageants, others feel that child beauty pageants are wrong because it is child abuse. Beauty pageants should not be thought of as child abuse. In the moral state of mind, it is a little girl’s dream to be a queen. All little girls see an adult woman as a role model or…

Not Just Water “In advertising not to be different is virtually suicidal.” Bill Bernbach said this about advertising. If every ad were the same products would all be seen as the same. That is not what a company wants from their advertisements. They want the advertisements to help show why their product is different from the competitors. Whether that is how the product makes you feel or how the product can benefit you. Advertisements also strive to be different so they can appeal to different…

In Miss Congeniality, Gracie is shown to have unhealthy eating habits unlike the other women in the pageant. This is shown in the scene where Gracie brings a large cheese pizza and beers to the fellow pageant contestants. The other women are shocled by this and say ‘are you crazy?’ and ‘do you know how many calories you’re talking about?’ as they about what the pizza would do to their ideal bodies. Gracie resists her womanhood, but the fact that she had the essential female body is what got her…

Child Beauty Pageants: Mental Poison for Children Heavy makeup, long curly hair, high-heeled shoes, dangling earrings, bikini top, and sexiness. What I was describing is not a film actress or a woman model, but rather an 8-year-old child beauty pageant contestant. Normally, none of these words should be associated with a child; however, multiple girls as I describe can be seen on child beauty pageants like Toddlers & Tiaras, Little Miss Perfect, and Painted Babies. Originating from the U.S.,…

code. Principal Rob MacKinnon stated that the dress code did not have any issue over the years. He explained that it was not appropriate for a student at the school to be in a speedo. Similarly, it was not right for a student in school to be in a bikini. He added that there was a line, and they needed to define…

According to Dr. Lynch, Porn Chic is the hyper-sexual culture that is present in modern day society. She began her presentation by discussing Hugh Hefner, the creator or Playboy, and how he was one of the main figures that began hyper-sexualizing women in society. Four points were brought up relating to Porn Chic: popular culture normalization of sexual objectification and women’s bodies, pop culture normalization of priority/dominance of white mail gaze, oscillation of girls toward…

In today’s society, stereotypes can either be predominantly subtle or blatant. In most cases, even if one is not aware that stereotypes exist, most of these ideologies are based around unconscious thinking processes. Therefore, this paper will illustrate examples of stereotypical imaging that sometimes a considerable amount of people unconsciously choose to ignore rather than asking questions to themselves in regards to certain stereotypical depictions. A great example of non-subtle stereotype…

In today’s world, a majority of people in society is obsessed with the idea of looking “perfect” and maintaining that healthy body. The rapid growth in advertisements trying to persuade the world that looking “perfect” is so simple if you simply try their new “diet” and “healthy” versions of all types of snacks and beverages has taken a toll on society. An example of this type of advertising is visibly illustrated in the, “new skinny can” ad for Diet Pepsi. The Pepsi ad provides an image in…

was pioneered by Prince’s “grey area”(Elan). His androgynous style not only influenced fashion, he influenced others to be proud with their sexuality. Artist, Frank Ocean, states, “He was a straight black man who played his first televised set in bikini bottoms and knee high heeled boots, epic, he made me feel more comfortable with how I identify sexually simply by his display of freedom from and irreverence for obviously archaic ideas like gender conformity etc”(Denney). He opened door of…

guy. The main characters in "Araby" and "A&P” have similar traits. They are both young men fixated on young girls. In “A&P” Sammy is a very observant teenager who works at a grocery store. Who notices a group of girls walk in the store in just bikinis he pays attention to everything thing they do and how they are dressed down…