Marilyn Monroe Beauty Research Paper

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BEAUTY

Introduction

Voluptuous figure, exaggerated makeup and hairstyle, chest high pants, tight fitting gown with extra loud prints. Does this portray a picture of Marilyn Monroe? Have you ever pondered if those features are still the ‘criteria’ of beauty today? She was once considered a beauty symbol back in the 50s, but no longer fit into the ‘criteria’ today. Why is this so? The purpose of this report is to provide an overview on how society’s perception of beauty has changed by examining what causes the changes in the perception of beauty. The report will also look at the struggles people faced to keep up with the demanding beauty standards. It will also highlight the benefits and perils of how media has

These struggles may be physical, economic, or psychological. Physical cost includes the pain of beauty rituals such as foot binding, tattooing, ear piercing as well as wearing high heels, which causes lower backache. Many people have also died from usage of unsafe diet products such as tapeworm dieting and liquid protein. Extreme dieting has lead to disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia that has adverse health effects, and side effects of plastic surgery including hemorrhages, scars and infection. Psychological costs of dieting includes emotional changes, such as problems in concentrating and confusion. Attaining beauty standards is also economically expensive. Cosmetics, skincare, facial spa and the desire to wear and carry designer labels. Such beauty rituals are not only wallet consuming, but also time-consuming.

Advantages & Disadvantages on how the media has changed people’s view on

Menopausal women requested their doctors to prescribe hormone replacement therapy, which was rumored online to prevent wrinkles and keeping them young. They are willing to expose themselves to health risk just to preserve their appearance. In the nineteenth century, Lesley Lawson, a teenage model, widely known by the nickname Twiggy, has portrayed an image of a young, slim body with long, straight hair. Due to her widespread popularity in various magazines and media coverage, American women dieted relentlessly to follow her. Tight corsets was also popular back then, thus, many ladies were willing to risk the possibility of internal organ damage in order to wear them. Some even had their lower ribs surgically taken out so their waists could be more tightly laced, giving a small waistline. The negative influence of media have resulted in a distorted and unrealistic perception of beauty, which develops into psychological problems such as low self esteem, depression. A body Image research by Dove found that looking at magazines for just 60 minutes lowers the self esteem of more than 80% girls. Thus, media is a double edge sword that can be harnessed to influence people’s perception of beauty both positively and