Persuasive Essay On Child Beauty Pageants
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And why the rules should be much stricter
Overall stand: Child beauty pageants should be deemed illegal because: * They objectify the children in an attempt to achieve an unclear vision of beauty. * The parents more often than not force their ideals on the children in the pageants, and go to ridiculous lengths to win. * The children are being manipulated and turned into icons not appropriate for their age. * To have children compete for a title that is only defined by opinion * Infants and girls are objectified and judged against sexualistic ideals. The mental health and development consequences of this are significant and impact on identity, self-esteem and body perception.
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If they bring up this topic, say nothing, or nod your head and say ‘I understand’) * Although these pageants are legal, the parents and children should not have to go to such extremes in order to win. You are putting the child in a position that is not truly themselves, and giving them an iconic look that is not appropriate for their age. (You can support this by bringing up all of the ‘extras’ they have in these competitions, like false teeth, wigs, padding to make it seem like they have cleavage, etc.) * Driving a car (or another instance like it) is voluntary, but (if this instance they are rbinging up is something that occurs later on in life, after the teenage years) the people who drive are old enough to know the dangers themselves, and are hopefully experienced enough in the area of (whatever they say) to avoid the dangers that it comes with, simply put, we are old enough to know what we are doing, and are prepared for the consequences. Besides (such and such) does not throw out ideals that cannot be …show more content…
Most perfect. But the exploitation of these participants truly knows no bounds. Such contests reduce women to defining success according to characteristics of physical beauty. Now, while I can understand adult beauty pageants are held via the full consent of the participants, however, child beauty pageants are not. In a normal pageant, the contestants sign up for the competition and they know exactly what they’re getting into, and whatever risks they take is completely up to them. In a child beauty pageant, the child entered has little to no consent over whether or not they participate in the pageant. Of course, if their parent asks them “Hey Angela, do you wanna be in a beauty pageant?” They could say
And why the rules should be much stricter
Overall stand: Child beauty pageants should be deemed illegal because: * They objectify the children in an attempt to achieve an unclear vision of beauty. * The parents more often than not force their ideals on the children in the pageants, and go to ridiculous lengths to win. * The children are being manipulated and turned into icons not appropriate for their age. * To have children compete for a title that is only defined by opinion * Infants and girls are objectified and judged against sexualistic ideals. The mental health and development consequences of this are significant and impact on identity, self-esteem and body perception.
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If they bring up this topic, say nothing, or nod your head and say ‘I understand’) * Although these pageants are legal, the parents and children should not have to go to such extremes in order to win. You are putting the child in a position that is not truly themselves, and giving them an iconic look that is not appropriate for their age. (You can support this by bringing up all of the ‘extras’ they have in these competitions, like false teeth, wigs, padding to make it seem like they have cleavage, etc.) * Driving a car (or another instance like it) is voluntary, but (if this instance they are rbinging up is something that occurs later on in life, after the teenage years) the people who drive are old enough to know the dangers themselves, and are hopefully experienced enough in the area of (whatever they say) to avoid the dangers that it comes with, simply put, we are old enough to know what we are doing, and are prepared for the consequences. Besides (such and such) does not throw out ideals that cannot be …show more content…
Most perfect. But the exploitation of these participants truly knows no bounds. Such contests reduce women to defining success according to characteristics of physical beauty. Now, while I can understand adult beauty pageants are held via the full consent of the participants, however, child beauty pageants are not. In a normal pageant, the contestants sign up for the competition and they know exactly what they’re getting into, and whatever risks they take is completely up to them. In a child beauty pageant, the child entered has little to no consent over whether or not they participate in the pageant. Of course, if their parent asks them “Hey Angela, do you wanna be in a beauty pageant?” They could say