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were surveyed on a variety of topics as they aged. By the time the participants reached ages 23-25, a shocking 10.5% of women had reported using laxatives to lose weight and about 12% of the men had reported using muscle building products (Klass, Perri). The reason for this large number is because of the media's everlasting portrayal of the "perfect body" in both young men and women, this may force a person to abuse drugs to attain or reach this peak physical condition. Because of the effects…

see herself as a beauty she is, and I feel this is meant to connect to many other young women. She tries to connect with other women by showing Esperanza’s concern in herself because she does not believe that she is not beautiful enough for other people to care about her, but only has the trees who she feels she can truly connect with. These trees may be in this passage to show that Esperanza needs other women role models…

Esperanza is a songbird learning to sing. She is introduced in Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street as a young Hispanic girl who struggles to fit in with her community and seeks refuge in her writing. Esperanza is inundated with a multitude of experiences both positive and negative while living in this part of rundown Chicago, imprinting her views of the society and herself. Esperanza’s ethnicity, residence, and career all shape her identity into one of acumen and aplomb towards the end of…

“Girl, I’m not you, I can handle disasters”, is the phrase I had to say to many women who wanted to know why I was not falling apart and how I could be this strong. It all falls under the category of, when people know nothing they say anything. To say that I did not fall apart is an idiotic statement because I had to have fallen apart; these were crazy crippling things that I was dealing with. However, I didn’t let my children see it, and I gave myself permission to fall apart for that moment…

Material world and growing out of her insecurities: Esperanza’s journey is mainly focused on the materialism about her house on Mango street, she hates how small the door is, and how there is only one bathroom. Esperanza eventually grows out of it and finds herself planning her future outside of Mango Street and someday returning to help those she left behind. Growing up and maturing for the sake of herself and her family: For example, when her father breaks the news to her that her grandfather…

past from the present. Blue Beard has money, luxurious houses, and throws amazing parties but his secrets are what keep him ugly and lonely until his next victim decides to take a chance on the blue, yet charming man. Blue Beard is hideous to most women, so it is interesting…

Sexual Objectification of Women If a woman today is asked if she has ever felt uncomfortable due to an unwanted compliment from a man, she will probably say yes. If a woman is asked if she would rather have the body of Kate Upton than her own, she will probably say yes. If a woman is asked if she has ever tried to lose weight or considered reconstructive surgery to get closer to an ideal body, she will probably say yes. These are all examples of sexual objectification and potential…

In the “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin, the author centers the novel around Edna Pontellier who goes through a journey of finding freedom in environment with strict gender roles for women in the Victorian era. She proceeds to go on a journey of finding independence in a strict society by breaking the rules that has set up for her. There are several instances throughout the novel where she disobeyed the gender roles for the sake of her own freedom. An instance is when Edna was being defiant…

social media, on YouTube , on television and in newspapers. Advertisements are there to sell a product or an idea. Most advertisements use sex and objectify women to sell their product. Brands such as Abercrombie & Fitch and Axe will use anything from nudity to sexual innuendos in their ads. Axe, a well known men’s body spray, has shown images of women tackling, chasing and even licking men. Ads like these are becoming more prominent than ever before. However, in the past ten years we have seen…

the young woman the whole time they were in the store he held his own with his manager. Immediately Sammy quit once they checked out, in an immature and resentful way towards his manager, but in Sammy minds a heroic and lustful way towards the young women, though he could not find them. Sammy in “A & P” by John Updike is characterized as an immature, rebellious, and lustful young man who does not consider the repercussions of his actions and allows his…