JUNIOR THEME: conclusion??? HELPPPPPPP

Alright, so I am basically done writing my paper, and the editing process has begun...

however, I don't have a conclusion.  I have been sitting here staring at my computer for the past 20 minutes trying to figure out what to say in order to wrap up my JT. AHHHH!!! I can't stare at a white screen anymore with a flashing cursor and no words!!!

HELP!!

Any suggestions as to what i should put in my conclusion?????

just to remind you, my thesis is: 

Standards of beauty are set by advertisement agencies, stereotypical gender roles and the cosmetic industry's constant push for one to be "more beautiful", therefore women obsess over their own appearance, sometimes to a harmful extent, in order to meet societal standards. 

JUNIOR THEME: ugh, and another introduction. If the annotated bibliography doesn't kill me, I don't know what will.

After talking to Bolos and Doc OC, I think I might finally have a junior theme worthy introduction. The grabber is the same, just my thesis is different...
for, hopefully, the last time, what do you think about this introduction?

After being told by a theatre company that at 5'5" and 96 lbs she was overweight, Heidi Guenther developed an eating disorder. She died at age 22 as a result of anorexia and bulimia (Boston Globe). Women go to such great extents to achieve “beauty”. Many women, such as Heidi Guenther have lost their lives striving to attain this attractiveness. But, why are Americans so obsessed with the physical appearance of females? Standards of beauty are set by advertisement agencies, stereotypical gender roles and the cosmetic industry's constant push for one to be "more beautiful", therefore women obsess over their own appearance, sometimes to a harmful extent, in order to meet societal standards. This fixated need for women to be physically attractive has brought forth a fascination with different ways to reach ideal beauty.

JUNIOR THEME: edited thesis/introduction!!

I saw Bolos today during class and he really helped me focus my "why question" to formulate a thesis!!!

here it is ladies and gentlemen..... CRITICIZE AWAY!!

After being told by a theatre company that at 5'5" and 96 lbs she was overweight, Heidi Guenther developed an eating disorder. She died at age 22 as a result of anorexia and bulimia (Boston Globe). Women go to such great extents to achieve “beauty”. Many women, such as Heidi Guenther have lost their lives striving to be picturesque in pursuit of impossible standards. But, why are American women so obsessed with their own physical appearance? Americans have a fascination with the looks of women and they set the standards of beauty, therefore women obsess over their own appearance in order to meet these societal standards. The obsession with physical appearance has been created through advertisements showing women how they should look. Advertising has changed the role women play in society and how they are viewed. Through stereotypical gender roles, women are obliged to be physically beautiful. This fixated need for women to be attractive has brought forth a fascination with different ways to reach ideal beauty.

What do you guys think of the thesis???? Does it make sense? Is it good? "fluffy"?

JUNIOR THEME: interview questions...

So I have an interview with a woman named Annemarie Jutel who lives in NEW ZEALAND!! She wrote an article in the Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America entitled Beauty Culture. She had a lot of interesting things to say about how beauty is associated with goodness, how women have a "duty to beauty", and how we create personality through beauty as well as allow attractiveness to be tyrannical. Fascinating stuff huh??
Okay, so here are some interview questions I have been formulating....

1. What factors do you think have contributed to the obsession over the physical appearance of women and the constant fixated need to be beautiful?

2. Why do you think women strive to be beautiful?
-to be considered "good"? or to be accepted?

3. Naomi Wolf suggests in her book The Beauty Myth that images of female beauty are used as a political weapon against women's advancement. What are your thoughts on this? Do you think this so called "Beauty Myth" exists?

4. How do you think fashion and trends have contributed to the culture of beauty in America?

5. You suggested that women have a "duty to beauty," do you think this relates to the idea that women are objectified? How?

6. Many believe that as women get older they are less desirable because they have become more successful and have developed minds of their own. What do you think this has to do with the beauty culutre?

7. How is the American obsession with the physical appearance of females viewed in places outside of the country such as New Zealand?

8.  How do you think advertisements have changed the way women are viewed from a societal standpoint/ the roles they have?

9.  How do you think stereotypical gender roles have contributed to the obsession?

10.  Why do you think women turn to bulimia, anorexia, and the cosmetic industry in order to obtain beauty even though they know it is very dangerous?

11.  In your perspective, what do you think the future will look like?  Will women continue to set impossibly high standards for beauty and continue trying new ways to reach ideal beauty such as the cosmetic industry and plastic surgery?

more to come... what do you think?

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JUNIOR THEME: INTRO!!!

After being told by a theatre company that at 5'5" and 96 lbs she was overweight, Heidi Guenther developed an eating disorder. She died at age 22 as a result of anorexia and bulimia (Boston Globe). Women go to such great extents to achieve beauty. Many women, such as Heidi Guenther have lost their lives striving to be picturesque. But, why are Americans so obsessed with the physical appearance of females? The obsession with physical appearance has consumed most of America through advertisements showing women how they should look. It has changed the role women play in society and how they are viewed. This fixated need for women to be physically attractive has brought forth a fascination with different ways to reach ideal beauty.

what do you guys think???

map:

1: focus on advertisements and their effect on the obesession

2: focus on Naomi Wolf and Annemarie Jutel's arguments talking about the changing societal views of women based off of their objectification

3: focus on ways women have tried to achieve what is considered "beauty" through 

a. cosmetic surgery

b. make-up/ cosmetic industry

c. fashion and trends

JUNIOR THEME: obsession with physical appearance

This picture is the front cover of Shape Magazine in March 2009... seriously?? women do not look like this...


If you watch the ads referring to weight loss it is mainly towards women. If it is a man it is usually Bowflex get buffed but as women we are considered overweight unattractive undesirable IF we do not look like the females in the television ads or the glossy magazines. Alot of the "models" are 18 or early 20's and they have been chosen well. Also airbrush is a big thing makes curves disappear or add pounds to "those unsightly areas".

My aunt is a personal trainer and this is what she said, "I had clients whom I would see twice a week mainly after work they would rush in change and do whatever we planned for that hour and then go home and the usual humdrum. They would not come to the gym or jog or do anything else because they were so tired from working and coming home and shopping and cleaning and cooking (as expected!!!)

The women work not eight hours but sometimes 10hr shifts exhausted BUT the husband still desires dinner on the table at a certain time it is all pressure and then after 6 months my clients husband would say "why don't you look like those girls on the TV ads". "you are wasting your money" and she would be so demoralized and figure whats the point. I would tell her these ads pick the girls also they might have the models workout 2hrs a day if not twice a day! and make sure they eat ONLY what they give them so the Ads can say I got this body in 6wks thanks to this pill this program this diet this food. Or the other alternative women just go hurl after they eat/bulima or go totally anorexic which in the ends destroys their throat and teeth from vomiting or they have kidney and/or liver failure due to lack of nutrition also extremely poor bone health."
Seems like she wrapped up the lives of many women in a couple paragraphs. People are so obsessed with physical appearance because they see the women on magazines or hear criticism from men making them think that they have to look a certain way. What a twisted web..
Many women would do anything to look skinny and "beautiful" but what is beauty? how is it defined? and most importantly, Why are Americans obsessed with women's physical appearance??