A study has shown that nearly 80 percent of fourth grade girls in the Bay Area are watching their weight. I agree with Kilbourne in her assessment that preoccupation with weight begins at a very early age for women.
Being underweight can be just as unhealthy as being overweight. Women should not strive to be a size zero. They look at skinny models and movie stars and think they need to look like that. If the camara adds ten pounds then what do these women really look like? The media magizines should stress the health reasons for not wanting to be underweight and should also stress the downfalls of being to thin. Girls think that in order to fit in or be accepted they have to be stick thin.
We are all not born to be alike. What is a good and healthy weight for one person may not be so for another. We should not be looking at the numbers on the scale or the size of clothes, but on whats good on our health.
It is scary to think that its not just older women or teenagers that are concerned about their weight but young girl. We should teach children to be happy with themselves on the inside.
Women should practice healthy eating and exercise habits. You don't have to be skinny to be happy. You don't have to look like a model to be happy. The only thing that matters is that your happy with yourself.
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Hi Sherri:
ReplyDeleteYou start, as you should, with some findings from the Kilbourne report but, I think, you are much too rushed in summarizing her position. Take more time, okay?
Your perspective is stated clearly, but now I'd like you to construct a more developed argument: what evidence, specifically, do you have that women a)have this self-image problem and b) that the media promote this image and thus influence them?
I'm not sure what your closing paragraph is contributing to your argument. It seems disconnected from your thesis, no?
typo? being to thin.
punctuate? ut on whats good