From: Brendan
In this image, you can see a thirteen year old girl in the middle of her messy pink themed room brushing her hair, close by her side is makeup and her cellphone. In today’s society there are set guidelines for the way a girl should dress; she should always have her hair done, nails done, and makeup done, she is also expected to wear nice clothing and she should never look messy. This girl’s room is very messy and discombobulated but she is expected to leave it and enter the world “put-together” and “flawless”. All of the chaos in this room represents how chaotic her life is, and all of the beauty products represent the mask she must put on when she leaves her room. The phone close by her side represents the pressure from her peers and the media; it’s also in her bed which to most represents a “safe-haven”. She is so innocent and care-free but strives to be a beautiful and strong woman that men want and girls envy. Nowadays there are so many shows, movies, and commercials filled with pressure to be “beautiful”, young girls feel the pressure to grow up a lot faster than they are prepared for. If they cannot fulfill society’s criteria for a perfect woman, young girls risk being made fun of or seen as different
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The girls room being all pink along with her wearing pink shows that she has to go along with the gender norms. Also the fact that the camera is looking down on her, given that she is not all ready yet, with hair and makeup not done, demonstrates how society looks down on girls that let other people see them imperfect. Such as with messy hair, or no makeup on. Seeing people not all put together gives other people a sense of entitlement to that person.
This article is very interesting to me and superbly wrote. I also recognized the tons of mirrors around the room to always know and have assurance of her looks. I love how the article talks about the phone and it's close ness to the girl in the photo, how she rely on media or friends this reminds me of something we talked about in class how girls are solely interested in their "relationships" with others they don't like conflict but just getting along or being apart. This female charateristic makes it really easy for society to manipulate young girls into trying to measure up to a certain perfect image of the ideal woman. In my opinion young girls as well as older ones would do just about anything to "fit in" so even if a little girl don't like the color pink, or make up, or dolls they feel so pressured they will most likely just give in and probably never really know them selves or have their own identities.
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