Summary Of 'Out Of Body Image And X-Large Boys'

Both authors have exceptional opening arguments within the readings of “Out Of Body Image”, by Caroline Heldman, and “X-Large Boys”, by Alissa Quart. Heldman declares “A steady diet of exploitative, sexually provacative depictions of women feeds a poisonous trend in women's and girls' perceptions of their bodies...veiwing one's body as a sex object to be consumed by the male gaze” (323). Heldman uses a strong approach with Pathos, an appeal to emotion, by drawing the reader in emotionally, resulting in the reader veiwing the argument on more of a intimate level. Quart, however, does not use the same vigor of Pathos in her writing. Quart claims “...teen superset obsessions result from branding efforts” and that this “sort of self-construction”