From: Kristie H.
In this picture I have placed specific objects to represent how girls have become to perceive and observe the actions from their personal influences and to show how they have a significant impact with younger girls. This girl in the picture is in a hot pink bra and a red loose sweater. These colors stand for sexiness and love. Usually girls wear red, black, and hot pink when trying to be seductive with their partners. Her sweater is hanging off her shoulder to reveal herself, "trying to show more skin" so she can get a guy's attention. Makeup is a big factor when growing up because everyone teaches and says to the little girl "let's do your make up to make you look pretty." So here she is with makeup on half of her face, as if she were comparing one side to the other. She is probably thinking guys are going to like me better this way than with no makeup. Notice that on her left side she is wearing no makeup and that side of her hair is in a pig tale. On the right side she is with makeup, and her hair is down. This can also symbolize that with her hair down and with makeup, she looks older and more attractive. The Girl in Red's finger is hanging off her lip to show that she is thinking dirty thoughts, while studying the "K-Y Touch Massage" bottle. Usually around the time girls hit their teenage years, they start to go through puberty; thinking in sexual ways, feeling sensations they have never felt before, and they have a tendency to get curious to what "down there" looks like. In the background there is a pack of birth control that has been opened and a couple of condoms that have not been opened. In this sense this tells us that The Girl in Red is having sex or is in the early stages of sexual intercourse, such as prepping herself beforehand. The "One A Day Women's" pill is there to symbolize she is entering or trying to enter adulthood, that she is wanting to get all the nutrients that older girls get. The Cranberry pills are also in this picture to show that there is a high chance of her receiving reoccurring yeast infections that can be caused from sexual encounters. The light blue object in the picture is a keychain of a dolphin. The dolphin can represent the child that lies beneath her, the child that she is trying to cover up. The lighter and cigarette butts are the sign of influences among her. We can conclude that she smokes to "stay cool" and to "fit in" like older girls.
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She looks like she is trying to use her looks to get men, because that is what they want. The bra in the mirror looks like a push up bra, and that is very common for young girls to try to boost what they don’t have. The condoms and the birth control show that since women are the ones that get pregnant and have to deal with the consequences of sex, they are the ones that take precautions. The KY Gel also shows that women are looking to please men, because society tells them that they need a one. The vitamin pills represent diet pills that girls are taking younger and younger.
The use of lighting is interesting. The light shines more on the things that are in the basket then on the girl herself which may portray that socializing gender is more about the things we use to socialize people rather then the person themselves. For instance the vitamins and birth control pills portray the fact that girls have to take care of their bodies and diet to keep the attractive look. When a female becomes pregnant they gain weight, so to protect her attractivness as well she has to use birth control. The use of the mirror is helpful in describing that there is a great emphasis on how people view themselves which are some of the reasons why people carry themselves the way they do. The things about the girl portray socializing gender in young females very well. First the makeup, the eye shadow is very colorful and bright and it standouts which could portray the girls age. Young girls first learning how to put make up on sometimes is over exagerating maybe portraying that she is young and is learning how to apply makeup. Also the girls hairstyle, one half is in pigtales representing her youth, while the other side is down and straightened which portrays how she is trying to look older. The color of her sweater being red is a color that symbolizes sexy and love which could portray that she wants attention both physical and emotional. In relation to socializing gender in females the way the girl looks is portraying that looks are very important. Girls are supposed to beautiful and sexy.
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