Youth Culture Changes Our Appearance
Youth Culture Changes our Appearance
In today's day and age, the general public is all too concerned about how people look, rather than who people are. This conquest for social acceptance becomes so real that the idea then becomes an obsession. The way we look plays a big role in our lives. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are easily influenced by appearances, and will stop at nothing to gain a perceived image. By achieving these perceived images, the youth's of America are hurting themselves, whether they know they are or not. Youth culture is found throughout self-beautification by means of advertising and marketing, and general production. Young preadolescent and adolescent teens have a yearning desire to look older and beautiful, while older middle aged adults languish to look youthful and more attractive. Millions of dollars are spent every year to try to enhance one's beauty. This constant struggle between what is and what is wanted seems to have virtually no end in sight.
Whether it is diet pills, fashonable clothing, or wrinkle removing lotion, appearance is everything, even if it is harmful to oneself. One example of how American youths in today's society try to change themselves to that of the public's norms or preferences is the use of steroids. There are two main reasons why youths commonly use steroids:
Improving their performances in sports
Increase muscle size or to reduce fat
I'm going to ignore the first reason and look primarily at the second reason because it has greater relevance to this paper. When youths take steroids to increase their muscle size or to reduce fat they either do this for personal satisfaction or to appease someone else. Teenagers watch TV and see big muscle-bound men, with lots of money and tons of hot chicks, and say "that's what I want." Places like school are tough on self-esteem for teenagers who look to fit in. Many simply desire to improve their physical appearance, but because they are
In today's day and age, the general public is all too concerned about how people look, rather than who people are. This conquest for social acceptance becomes so real that the idea then becomes an obsession. The way we look plays a big role in our lives. Hundreds of thousands of Americans are easily influenced by appearances, and will stop at nothing to gain a perceived image. By achieving these perceived images, the youth's of America are hurting themselves, whether they know they are or not. Youth culture is found throughout self-beautification by means of advertising and marketing, and general production. Young preadolescent and adolescent teens have a yearning desire to look older and beautiful, while older middle aged adults languish to look youthful and more attractive. Millions of dollars are spent every year to try to enhance one's beauty. This constant struggle between what is and what is wanted seems to have virtually no end in sight.
Whether it is diet pills, fashonable clothing, or wrinkle removing lotion, appearance is everything, even if it is harmful to oneself. One example of how American youths in today's society try to change themselves to that of the public's norms or preferences is the use of steroids. There are two main reasons why youths commonly use steroids:
Improving their performances in sports
Increase muscle size or to reduce fat
I'm going to ignore the first reason and look primarily at the second reason because it has greater relevance to this paper. When youths take steroids to increase their muscle size or to reduce fat they either do this for personal satisfaction or to appease someone else. Teenagers watch TV and see big muscle-bound men, with lots of money and tons of hot chicks, and say "that's what I want." Places like school are tough on self-esteem for teenagers who look to fit in. Many simply desire to improve their physical appearance, but because they are