American Beauty Case

Stephon Johnson

Professor Zipperer

English 102

06 June 2016

American Beauty

        American standards of beauty are putting unnecessary pressure on men and women because, in todays society people define the term beautiful as someone having nice clothes, a big smile with white teeth, and nice skin complexion. As described in the poem “Barbie Doll” their was a little girl that “was born as usual” as any other girl. She played with Barbie dolls with cherry candy lipstick and wished someday she would become one, “She was healthy, tested intelligent, possessed strong arms and back, abundant sexual drive and manual dexterity, but she had a big nose and big legs”. She was a beautiful child, but to other students they “saw a fat nose on thick legs”. This little girl should not be judged because she has a nose and legs bigger than others. Society should look at beauty as being what comes from the heart and what is on the inside.

        American standards of beauty are putting unnecessary pressure on men and women because, their are so many designer cloths and material that people advertise to make society feel as if they need the stuff to be beautiful, but now one needs designer clothes, or red cherry lip stick, or ling thick hair be beautiful. Another reason why American standards of beauty are putting unnecessary pressure on men and women is that people do not have the money to go out and spend on an outfit that someone says they will look beautiful in so they feel like they are not as beautiful if they don’t have it which can cause depression.

        American standards of beauty are putting unnecessary pressure on men and women because, they tell people they have to look a certain way to look good or be beautiful. This puts pressure on people because they feel like they have to have that certain thing to feel beautiful, but that is not the case. A person can come outside with a white t-shirt on and blue jeans and still look beautiful. Celebrities today dress up real nice in designer outfits and all kinds of make-up, which draws a lot of attention to them because if people see them wearing it they are going to want to wear it also, but if they cant get it than that would make them feel as if they are in a lower class of beauty than those who can afford it. American standards of beauty are putting unnecessary pressure on men and women because, when people are picked on, specifically children about what they are wearing or are told that they do not look beautiful because of a certain feature on their face, than that makes them feel upset and not wanted or part of the group.