The Beauty Myth
Women cannot find strong role models in today's society without getting a false impression. Too often the role models are of women of unrealistic beauty. Take for instance the big screen: a bunch of skinny women with flawless faces, and not a spec of cellulite. Finding role models on the glossy pages of magazines and posters has become even more prominent. Gazing at these "role models" has become an act in which shapes the way women look and feel about themselves in today's beauty conscious society. American women base their lives on a myth, a beauty myth, which impairs their self-image and distorts their views regarding their peers.
America stereotypes women to fit the myth by suggesting that they either have beauty or intelligence, but cannot have both. Women believe that the women featured in the magazines are the models of what a male finds attractive. In reality, that's what the advertisers want the reader to find attractive. If women believe skinny is......
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