The Promise Analysis

What is to be considered beautiful? How does this idea correlate to the standards society has on “beauty” and “health” in our generation? I believe that advertisers should produce images of people of all different weights and sizes into advertisements. All throughout history, a women’s and men’s job has been to make themselves as attractive to others as possible in order to fit what is protrayed to be the only way to look “beautiful.” Fashion and physical human apperance values have changed throughout the years yet, this specific drive to achieve a particular look to fit in is consistant. The fashion of women’s severe thinness has become not only a personal issue, but a public one too. Gender, atmosphere, and the anxiety of portraying the
And C. Wright Mills’s “The Promise presents a similar topic related to unfairly concentrated power, and speaking out against social injustices.

‘In the simpliest sense, diversity is about the variety of people in the world, the varied mix of gender, race, age, social class, ethnicity, religion, and any other social characteristics.’ (Johnson pg. 37) Human’s feel forced by the media to prevail the ideal body image. Body image is how someone views themselves and how they think other people view them. People often try to hard to please others. Mass media has the power the influence the public’s opinion and ideas. When this power is abused it harms the general population entirely. Images released by media tend to persuade people to develope into someone else's idea or image of perfect while putting aside their own goals. Common stereotypes that are formed by media include thin women, and wealthy, muscular men can create a decrease in self-confidence with-in both genders. Most of media today presents the ideal body to the public, hoping that consumers will think that by using a product or idea it will help them achieve this perfect look. One's