Women in Advertisement
Women in today’s society are influenced by advertisements. These influences could be from being the perfect size four in pants, to a type of fragrance, to a type of cigarette they choose to smoke. This is usually how women are portrayed in most ads. Because of this portrayal, women often become obsessed with becoming the same person they see on television, billboards, and in magazines. In some cases, this becomes a health hazard. Women are “tricked” into thinking that they are obese, not thin enough, not curvy enough, or just not as beautiful as the models in the ads.Having the “perfect” body is often associated with the emaciated supermodel Kate Moss. Moss first started to model on billboards and magazines about four years ago for the popular clothes designer Calvin Klein. When women look at this frail, 105-pound body, they begin to daydream about being this thin. In a study conducted in 1996, 60 percent of sixth graders admitted to dieting at one point. The author of a well known book “For Real: The Uncensored Truth About America’s Teenagers,” comments that body perception is a “huge, huge, huge problem” for girls and “almo
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Approximate Word count = 932
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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