Persuasive Essay On Unrealistic Expectations For Young Women
Outline
I. Introduction
a. Thesis: Women have unrealistic appearance expectations to live up to.
b. Intro strategy: Ask a provocative or disturbing question.
II. Beauty advertisements
a. Magazines and television are filled with advertisements for beauty supplies.
b. Iowa State Professor Example
c. Celebrities
III. The pressure to be skinny.
a. Weight loss programs
b. Tumblr pictures
c. Eating disorder example
IV. Mental illness
a. Comparing yourself to others and believing you are unworthy
b. Anxiety
c. Singer example
V. Conclusion
a. Conclusion strategy: Recommendation or call to action
Fortune, Abigail
ENG 111 20
Illustration Essay
17 Oct. 2013
The Pressure Is On. Young women have unrealistic appearance …show more content…
The pressure to be a size 2 or 4 is unbelievable. There are countless numbers of weight loss programs and diets anyone can be on. Girls can go to Wal-Mart and buy weight loss supplements right off the shelf. There are health risks they are not thinking about when they do this. All they are thinking about is the possibility to reach their ideal pant size. Being on Tumblr is a scary thing for a young girl. It is quite disheartening seeing blogs dedicated to a girl’s ideal view of herself. All over Tumblr are pictures of half-naked skinny girls. This is not by any means a confident boost. Seeing these pictures can lead to eating disorders. Pictures with skinny girls in them have such a negative effect on young girls today. These girls are taking it upon themselves to look like the girls in the pictures because that is what they see and aspire to be. Even girls as young as 11 and 13, “But concerns about body image and adopting unhealthy weight-management strategies are common even among students who are at their normal, healthy weight. It is estimated that half of girls between ages 11 and 13 see themselves as overweight, and 80 percent of 13-year-olds have tried to lose weight” (“Eating Disorders and Your Teen” 1). Being a young girl in this decade is not fun. They are constantly comparing themselves to other women who are much older and do not look like they do in real life compared …show more content…
When young girls are compared to other girls, they pick out every little detail about themselves and decide they do not like it. They want to improve their image to mirror how other girls look. They stress about their appearance until it becomes a daily routine for them. After a couple weeks of this, they start to feel less worthy as other girls. This leads to anxiety. Constantly worrying about how they look towards other people and fixing every flaw they think they have just to be accepted by society. For example a young woman had her own battle, “As the pressure cooker of her life began to boil over…She felt constant anxiety about looking thin, pretty and poised every time she stepped outside. It got so intense that she blew up and punched on [sic] of her dancers on tour” (“The Pressure to be Perfect” 1). Anxiety and other illness related to the pressure of a perfect appearance are not only harmful to ourselves, but they can also have an effect on those around
I. Introduction
a. Thesis: Women have unrealistic appearance expectations to live up to.
b. Intro strategy: Ask a provocative or disturbing question.
II. Beauty advertisements
a. Magazines and television are filled with advertisements for beauty supplies.
b. Iowa State Professor Example
c. Celebrities
III. The pressure to be skinny.
a. Weight loss programs
b. Tumblr pictures
c. Eating disorder example
IV. Mental illness
a. Comparing yourself to others and believing you are unworthy
b. Anxiety
c. Singer example
V. Conclusion
a. Conclusion strategy: Recommendation or call to action
Fortune, Abigail
ENG 111 20
Illustration Essay
17 Oct. 2013
The Pressure Is On. Young women have unrealistic appearance …show more content…
The pressure to be a size 2 or 4 is unbelievable. There are countless numbers of weight loss programs and diets anyone can be on. Girls can go to Wal-Mart and buy weight loss supplements right off the shelf. There are health risks they are not thinking about when they do this. All they are thinking about is the possibility to reach their ideal pant size. Being on Tumblr is a scary thing for a young girl. It is quite disheartening seeing blogs dedicated to a girl’s ideal view of herself. All over Tumblr are pictures of half-naked skinny girls. This is not by any means a confident boost. Seeing these pictures can lead to eating disorders. Pictures with skinny girls in them have such a negative effect on young girls today. These girls are taking it upon themselves to look like the girls in the pictures because that is what they see and aspire to be. Even girls as young as 11 and 13, “But concerns about body image and adopting unhealthy weight-management strategies are common even among students who are at their normal, healthy weight. It is estimated that half of girls between ages 11 and 13 see themselves as overweight, and 80 percent of 13-year-olds have tried to lose weight” (“Eating Disorders and Your Teen” 1). Being a young girl in this decade is not fun. They are constantly comparing themselves to other women who are much older and do not look like they do in real life compared …show more content…
When young girls are compared to other girls, they pick out every little detail about themselves and decide they do not like it. They want to improve their image to mirror how other girls look. They stress about their appearance until it becomes a daily routine for them. After a couple weeks of this, they start to feel less worthy as other girls. This leads to anxiety. Constantly worrying about how they look towards other people and fixing every flaw they think they have just to be accepted by society. For example a young woman had her own battle, “As the pressure cooker of her life began to boil over…She felt constant anxiety about looking thin, pretty and poised every time she stepped outside. It got so intense that she blew up and punched on [sic] of her dancers on tour” (“The Pressure to be Perfect” 1). Anxiety and other illness related to the pressure of a perfect appearance are not only harmful to ourselves, but they can also have an effect on those around