What is the main idea of the article?
The Main Idea of this article is to make the reader aware of how women are abused emotionall and mentally through various advertisements. Not all women can have the perfect figure, but the various advertisements provoke women to be weight conscience which then leads to a variety of diseases and internal body problems.
What reason is given in the reading to explain the images of women in the media?
The reson given in the reading to explain the images of women in the media is the fantasy perfect world that people wish to acquire. As the reading stated, "Women's magazines are full of articles urfing that if they can just lode those last twenty pounds, they'll have it all -the perfect marriage, loving children, great sex, and a rewarding career." Media has brainwashed the society to extent that no one is able to appreciate themselves as they naturally are, if you ask any women or girl from the age of 10 to the age of 100 they will tell what they do not like about themselves instead or appreciating all that they do have which someone else may not.
Why did the researchers generate a computer model of Barbie-doll proportions?
Researchers generated a computer model of Barbie-doll proportions to find out if the perfect figure is possible and if so, is it healthy for the female body. The experiment itself has concluded that any women with such proportions would have a back too weak to support the weight of her upper body, and that the body would be too narrow and can only contain half a liver and only a few centimeters of bowel. Any women built to such a proportion will suffer from chronic diarrhea and eventually die from malnutrition. This reality should be the highlight of the media these days, womens activists should concentrate and bring about all the harm diets are causing on a womens body and all the negative effects it may have.
Write a paragraph describing the way YOU think women should be portrayed in the media.
Personally, i believe that just like every individual has different colored skin, a different voice, different colored hair, different colored eyes, a different height, they also have different weights and body structures. Every individual is different in many ways and to force a certain group of people to look the same and acquire the same features and builts is nothing more then just another form discrimination. Women should be portrayed as individuals within the media, such as individuals like Queen Latifa has established herself and proved that even heavier women can look just as glamorous. I believe that everyone has a specific quality that makes them better from the rest and the media should focus on that specific of each female. One may have the most unique eyes or smile, the media should distinguish the differences and encourage women to appreciate and express themseleves as who they are. This way no one feel supressed or obligated to represent themselves as someone who they are not naturally.
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3 comments:
Loved your take on the article. You had very good analogies that proved your points. I agree with you.
yeah you are right people are just crazy now about the way they look. i think people need to free think and not care of what people will think about them.
the media does have such a great effect on women.
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