From Christy:
Why do you think girls dress and act older then they really are? Because girls are suppose to look pretty and act older then they really are. My little sister is 12 years old, and dresses like she is older then me. She gets up every morning to do her hair and make up before she goes to school. The pictures I chose to use were of my little sister getting ready to go out with her friends. She came in my room to get ready. I've never seen a little girl put so much make up on and wear the clothes she was wearing! But that's what magazines and television and music videos teach teenagers these days. You have to look sexy or you won't get what you want. Why is society like this? Who knows, but all I know is that it shouldn't be that way. Society
shouldn't make teenagers want to be older then they are, because you're only a kid once, and when you see the things on television and in your society, it makes you want those things you see. It makes you want to be the things you see.
13 comments:
I definitely see where you are coming from with your younger sister. i have a sister too who is 13 years old. she also gets up in the morning, puts on her eye liner and mascara, and goes to school. Today's society sends these younger kids a message that to be happy and attract men, you need to look older and sexy. Magazines, shows, and movies show sexy woman attracting good looking men, and they are happy because they are hot and have a man. So these girls think that this is what they have to do to be happy.
I agree that society does want you to look pretty or older and etc. but thats a little extreme with what she is wearing. You don't see people in society such as magazines, movies, videos etc.. with there thongs hanging out unless its on accident or occasionally a rap video. I think this is more of attention for younger girls then anything. My little sister is a year older and would never walk out of the house like that, nor would anyone in our family let her.
this is verryyy true. the media does present this as "it's okay" and really its not. People are always talking about teenagers and the way they walk talk and dress but its not their fault. Then the parents have a role in this too because they arent stopping their children from doing this either.
I can kind of relate to Christy because I have a 12 year old sister too and its crazy how she acts. I remember when I was in middle school, of course I was worried about what other people thought about me but I was defiantly not putting tons of make-up on and wearing revealing clothing. Sometimes I ask my sister, "WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?!" and she acts like there is nothing wrong. Pre-teens are getting the wrong idea from the media, they are kids and should stay that way.
The media and other influences in our society do affect the way the young girls of this society act. These girls think that prettier and older you look; the more guys will like you, which means you will be happy and so on and so forth. Although I do think that this picture is a little over the top and I know that no one in my family would ever go out wearing an outfit that was shown in this picture, but nevertheless, girls are being affected by the expectations that society has created for us.
This is another good example of how the media sends messages to young girls how you can achieve anything and get what you want with your looks. However, I think the girl in this photo has taken it too far. Not only are extra eyeliner and a peeping thong completely unattractive, but can in fact cause negative outcomes if she were to wear that out at public. You don’t want to be mistaken for a streetwalker at the age of twelve. Instead of young girls trying to be pretty, they also are trying to appear older and acting sexy. Girls who are still in middle school should be worrying about more important things.
I understand completely my little cousin lives with us and she is 12. I feel like her mother some days becaus i will stop her on the way out the door and make her change her clother. Kids now a days have no understanding that if it is winter out then you need to cover yourself. I hate how the media makes it that you must constantly show off what you ahve or else it isn't worth anything, you aren't worth anything.
I like this pic becaue it shows different images of ther girl...somewhat posing for herself..it shows lipstick and material things that women and girls use to make their image more noticeable....a skinny body and a belly shirt to show it off...the media and society teaches us these things
This picture could not be more right. When my sister was that age, she would do the samethings. Girls who are in their early teens feel like they need to go out with all this make-up on and they need to dress like models or like older girls. Todays society is way different then it used to be. What these girls do not know is they need to just be kids and wait to grow up later on in life, they dont need to do this to be happy.
This is definitely a big issue in our society today. Kids, specifically girls, are growing up too fast. I think the media has a lot to do with why this is an issue. There are so many young people out in the media today who do wear make-up and act older than they should. Regular kids see them and want to be just like them, forgetting the fact that those young people are celebrities.
This photo is funny to me because it is true. Some girls really care if other people like her or not. She not getting dress for herself but for other people. I enjoyed this picture good job!!
Interesting! It's so amazing that the society encourages teens to dress up to look older than their ages. It's indeed a universal vice. I didn't fall into that pit, and so it scared me dead when I found my teen kid sister doing it. I thought she was taking too much risk trying to look older and more matured than her age. I knew it would make the society to expect more from her than she could deliver but that didnt stop her. Rather she thought I was a flop. Now, if we all feel this way about this negative idea of "growing up" that the society has imposed on our teens, what are we doing about it? We are the ones to make a change and it's not going to be easy, but I think it's worth trying out.
Adolescent girls see beautiful women all over the media and want to be just like them .To me this picture depicts how beauty and the media play a significant role in the socialization of young girls.
As the captions suggest, the adolescent girl is getting ready for school and is consumed with how she is going to look and hopes she looks good enough to fit in.
The girl in this picture looks as if she is around adolescent age trying to be much older. She is the main focus of the picture and the picture conveys a story of how she is trying to fit the mold of being beautiful. She is dressed in a way that is much more mature than she actually is. The media represents women to be sex symbols and this is exactly what this young girl is trying to do, only to go to school. The make-up this young girl is putting on also seems to be a main focal point which portrays an immense emphasis on beauty in the media. The picture also puts a considerable emphasis on the young girl looking in the mirror to see how good she looks.
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