From Ashley L.
This is the daily routine of a 13 year old girl. There is so much pink in her room. This may be a result of her mother making sure she acts as "girlie" as possible. The 13 year old does not have access to be able to buy all these things in her room on her own. So her parents obviously had her bedroom walls painted pink, and bought all the pink things on her dresser as well. The parents clearly want her to conform to being a girl as much as possible, pink is considered to be the most "girlie" color. They bought her a makeup bag for all of her makeup, as well as the jewelry box on her dresser for all the jewelry she wears. Buying all these accessories for her, her parents are just more so influencing her to be this way. Her having sisters also influence her to conform this way. Her putting on make up as much as she is, at only 13 years old, is a direct impact from having older sisters. She watches them everyday putting on their own makeup and getting ready as well. Usually straightening their hair, the young girl does this as well, trying to conform to be like what she thinks she should look like, older. In this instance she is getting ready for a dance competition. When she was as young as 8 years old, the teachers of the dance studio had her putting on so much make up. Such as, fake eye lashes, eye liner, when she was only 8! This is just one example of how early on people are getting their children to conform to how the parents think they should act and be like.
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This is a great entry because not only does it show how young girls get started in being girly girls, but also, it shows how early they get started with using make-up and doing other things to change the way they look. It’s almost like from an early age, girls learn to be insecure about their natural looks and the way they are and instead, they obsess about the way people expect them to look.
I believe that this entry is so true. Girls start being perfected now at such early ages. This means it doesn't give them that much time to be young. Girls definitely go through growing up a lot quicker than boys. Is this fair? No, it’s not. Parents and older siblings play a huge role on younger children, no matter what the age. They start learning and paying attention to details not matter how old they are. I have a younger sister and I definitely know from experience that she wants to be just like me. All I can do is my best in being a good role model. Girls like this one don't even have the chance to be who they want to be. Parents try and do the right thing. Girls at this age shouldn't be obsessing about how they look or how society wants them to look. They should be having fun being young. Being young doesn't last forever. Girls shouldn't be told that their life should be this way. Parents need to understand that their children are going to turn out perfect no matter what. That they should love them for who they want to be. Girls are girls, you shouldn’t change that. Being a girlie girl is the most important in life. It’s being healthy and happy. So parents do your daughters a favor believe in them to be someone beautiful and wonderful.
This picture and blog entry is, I think, so accurate to today’s world. Young girls today focus so much on acting older and even looking older than their age. There’s so much pressure put of girls at an early age to look pretty and girly. I think this picture captures this issue very well. The fact that the photo is black and white except for the pink items really emphasizes the fact that girls must be “girly-girls” to be accepted and appreciated by their peers. And the fact that there are many pink items in the girl’s room also emphasizes all the pressure she is being put under to conform to an unrealistic idea of beauty.
This is a great example of a young girl conforming to her sex at a young age and trying to look older. How only half of her body is showing in the mirror could represent the confusion and the loss of connection with who you really are. Also, her wearing a sports bra when she really doesn’t need one is an example of her trying to look older.
I liked this photo because of the use of color versus black and white. I found it really creative. Also it also makes you think about the amount of time that girls spend in front of the mirror. This is probably not a good idea in terms of self esteem because girls always find something to "fix" or make look better through the use of makeup and other cosmetics. However, girls learn these actions from a young age when they watch their mothers and older sisters in the mirror perfecting their image.
This photo blog has just the right title. It shows how society has been able to categorize certain things and colors to be for males and others for females
This post reminds me of the "Stage Mom's" where they dress up and put tons of make up on their little girls for pageants. It blows my mind that they have to have the fake teeth if they dont have their two front teeth or have hair extensions. At such a young age they are already learning what is accepted in our society and what is not.
I think that when a girl has something pink, it doesn’t exactly make them a “girlie-girl” but instead is just another stereotype. Why is it that when parents go shopping for their daughter(s), they suggest buying them all PINK?! Everything surrounding are Pink walls, pink purses, pink make-up bags, and pink shirts just like in this photo. Parents play a huge role in their child’s development because they give an influence on what they should wear and how they should act.
this young girl putting on make up is so right. they want to be like everyone else and look the best no matter what age they are. they see all the people on TV doing it so now they feel like they have to do what they do. I like how in the picture, there is a lot of pink. Pink is a very girlie color and for it to be put in the picture it allows the picture to make sense.
this is very true there are many people coaches parents aunts and even grandparents that ive seen doing this to children that are as young as 8 too. this is a bad problem in society today because a lot of people do it. they are really starting kids too young and then the parents wonder why they are acting and dressing and sleeping around with boys as young as they are!
This is a great display of early femininity. She is clearly young and you can tell by the dispay of products and accessories that she is conforming to the older female image, just like every other girl her age. I LOVE that the photo has been digitialized in pink undertones, displaying the "girlieness" even more, as pink is seen to be most girls favorite color and ultra feminine. Well done.
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