Sexualization Of Beauty Pageants
“2.5 million girls participate in beauty pageants, and 6% of these girls suffer from depression”(Demographic Partitions). This is just one of the many problems that come with young girls participating in beauty pageants. A few more are sexualization, mental health problems along with self-esteem issues. This along with many other reasons should make people alarmed and not want to enter young girls into beauty pageants. The sexualization of girls is one of the many problems that young girls face when participating in beauty pageants. Evidence to support this can be found in the article Ugly Side of Child Beauty Pageants by Joseph Pimentel "These girls have no emotional or mature understanding of what they are doing and why," said Kataline.
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In the article Beauty Pageants and Children: It’s Not Always Pretty by Zawn Villines is states that “Pageants, particularly those designed for younger children, focus primarily on appearance, attire, and perceived “cuteness.” Talent competitions occur in some pageants and often are a secondary component of the experience. Thus, pageants suggest to young children that there is value in focusing on their appearance as judged through the eyes of others. This can lead to significant body-image distortions, and adults who once participated in child beauty pageants may experience low self-esteem and poor body image”(Goodtherapy). Another piece of evidence to support this is “In February 2007, the American Psychological Association released a report on the sexualization of girls that found that girls' exposure to hypersexualized media content can negatively impact their cognitive and emotional development; is strongly associated with eating disorders, low self-esteem and depression” (CNN.com). This evidence showed that not only the sexualization was a problem but because of it this caused low self-esteem and mental health problems. Even though that some people claim that beauty pageants are another fun activity that girls enjoy participating in, it turns out that many girls that are participate with the beauty pageants don’t actually enjoy participating in them. Evidence to support this can be found in the article Ugly Side of Childhood Beauty Pageants by Joseph Pimentel “I first enjoyed the pageants but then I realized it was not memorable” (Ocregister). Girls should be able to enjoy their childhood and be happy not grow up too fast to only become
In the article Beauty Pageants and Children: It’s Not Always Pretty by Zawn Villines is states that “Pageants, particularly those designed for younger children, focus primarily on appearance, attire, and perceived “cuteness.” Talent competitions occur in some pageants and often are a secondary component of the experience. Thus, pageants suggest to young children that there is value in focusing on their appearance as judged through the eyes of others. This can lead to significant body-image distortions, and adults who once participated in child beauty pageants may experience low self-esteem and poor body image”(Goodtherapy). Another piece of evidence to support this is “In February 2007, the American Psychological Association released a report on the sexualization of girls that found that girls' exposure to hypersexualized media content can negatively impact their cognitive and emotional development; is strongly associated with eating disorders, low self-esteem and depression” (CNN.com). This evidence showed that not only the sexualization was a problem but because of it this caused low self-esteem and mental health problems. Even though that some people claim that beauty pageants are another fun activity that girls enjoy participating in, it turns out that many girls that are participate with the beauty pageants don’t actually enjoy participating in them. Evidence to support this can be found in the article Ugly Side of Childhood Beauty Pageants by Joseph Pimentel “I first enjoyed the pageants but then I realized it was not memorable” (Ocregister). Girls should be able to enjoy their childhood and be happy not grow up too fast to only become