The Negative Effects of Beauty Standards - Essay
Mrs. Doiron
ENG 3UL - 03
November 18th, 2014
Influence of the Media Technology and the Internet have become a constant in many people’s lives. The rate at which they have risen is astounding. In December 1995, there were around 16 million people recorded using the Internet. In December 2013, a mere 16 years later, there is around 2 802 million people recorded using it. Media and the Internet go hand in hand. One fuels the other, and the Internet had become a platform for media. In modern society the media exerts so much pressure, that maintaining beauty and youth becomes more important than anything else. Thus, creating a type of self-involvement. This leads to loss of perspective and ultimately, innocence. People of all ages and genders are susceptible to the effects of the media, and it influences everyone in different ways. It can make people sacrifice things that should be held dear, it can affects peoples physical and mental health, and it can change the face of materialism. In regards to innocence, children in particular are the ones that are swiftly losing theirs. The age that children are starting to be exposed to social media is quickly becoming younger each year. The loss of innocence in children is perpetuated through their self-involvement, and is a direct result of media exposure. Given the dimensions that children are not mature enough to handle the content, this will ensure negative reactions to the aforementioned social pressures. Consequently, the children of today were born in a time where they are exposed to technology and social media almost instantly. They don 't know life without it. With images of the quintessential beauty, what everyone should aspire to be, what is the wrong way to look, what is the wrong way to act, and a remedy for anything that is perceived to be flawed about oneself, unreachable standards are being permanently etched into children’s yielding minds. These ideals are being thrown at them from every angle, whether it is
ENG 3UL - 03
November 18th, 2014
Influence of the Media Technology and the Internet have become a constant in many people’s lives. The rate at which they have risen is astounding. In December 1995, there were around 16 million people recorded using the Internet. In December 2013, a mere 16 years later, there is around 2 802 million people recorded using it. Media and the Internet go hand in hand. One fuels the other, and the Internet had become a platform for media. In modern society the media exerts so much pressure, that maintaining beauty and youth becomes more important than anything else. Thus, creating a type of self-involvement. This leads to loss of perspective and ultimately, innocence. People of all ages and genders are susceptible to the effects of the media, and it influences everyone in different ways. It can make people sacrifice things that should be held dear, it can affects peoples physical and mental health, and it can change the face of materialism. In regards to innocence, children in particular are the ones that are swiftly losing theirs. The age that children are starting to be exposed to social media is quickly becoming younger each year. The loss of innocence in children is perpetuated through their self-involvement, and is a direct result of media exposure. Given the dimensions that children are not mature enough to handle the content, this will ensure negative reactions to the aforementioned social pressures. Consequently, the children of today were born in a time where they are exposed to technology and social media almost instantly. They don 't know life without it. With images of the quintessential beauty, what everyone should aspire to be, what is the wrong way to look, what is the wrong way to act, and a remedy for anything that is perceived to be flawed about oneself, unreachable standards are being permanently etched into children’s yielding minds. These ideals are being thrown at them from every angle, whether it is
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