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This essay examines how the media (including television, film, print and commercials) impacts the self-image that women and girls have of themselves. Topics include studies that have been done to ascertain the media's impact on women's roles in society. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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girls in society, and how women and girls examine themselves. For examples, simply take a look at the television shows that sprang up during the 1950s and 1960s. While the
vision of Donna Reed in "The Donna Reed Show" wearing pearls while vacuuming her house was somewhat ludicrous to later feminists, it painted a picture of what womanhood meant in
the 1950s - staying at home, caring for the home and children and making sure the woman looked beautiful while doing it. The message was clear as to what the
ideal women should be, thanks to Donna Stone and June Cleaver. The advertising of the times also points the role of women
out - most of the detergent, house cleaning and dish washing ads featured women (normally women who looked beautiful), as it was assumed by advertisers on Madison Avenue (the bulk
of whom were men during the 1950s and 1960s) that those who washed the dishes, clothes and house were women. Men, of course, were the breadwinners, and they were the
ones who were most likely to be the targets of cigarette ads and any kind of work-related advertising. But media has done
more than provide a reflection of the times, or to subconsciously inform women and girls about their roles. In many cases, the media has provided direct messages to women about
how they should act and behave. While many have been able to ignore these messages, others have taken them to heart, with sometimes disastrous results.
There has been, for example, a great deal written in womens magazines and teen magazines about the "ideal female," particularly in terms of body image and weight.
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