Barbie Bombing and Beauty Branding that most girls can't look in the mirror and say, 'I'm pretty!' or 'I'm fine!' » (Strings 4). Social media, peer and parental influences, and “beauty” role models lead young girls in today's society to develop a distorted view of beauty themselves. Over time, America has reached a level that portrays beauty as an unrealistic and unachievable model of the “perfect beautiful girl.” According to research by Shelly Grabe, Janet Shibley Hyde, both of the psychology department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and L. Monique Ward of the psychology department at the University of Michigan, half of the female population of fewer than twenty-four admit to being dissatisfied with their appearance (Grabe, Hyde, and Ward 460). Women in today's society look to their culture to determine what exactly beauty is, and recently, the representation of beauty has been tainted. There are a multitude of supposed causes for this tendency toward negative self-perception among young women, and many of these causes ultimately lead to extreme and dangerous measures by girls striving to achieve " idealized level of beauty.” Friendship cliques have been proven to have a direct correlation with young girls and body image. Gathered from research by two Flinders University School of Psychology professors, Levina Clark and Marika Tiggermann, "poor body image in children has been linked to peer teasing and conversations with peers about appearance” (Clark and Tiggermann 1125). Peers easily persuade young girls, and whether a girl's peer group considers it unreal...... middle of paper ......e Effect of experimental exposure to images of dolls on the body image of 5- to 8-year-old girls." Developmental Psychology 42.2 (2006): 283-92. PsycARTICLES. Web. November 29, 2011. Grabe, Shelly, L. Monique Ward, and Janet Shibley Hyde. "The Role of Media in Body Image Concerns Among Women: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental and Correlational Studies. " Psychological Bulletin 134.3 (2008): 460-76. PsycARTICLES. Web. November 29, 2011. Smolak, Linda. “Eating Disorders in Girls.” Handbook of Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Girls Ed. Sharon L. Foster, Eric J. Mash and Deborah J. Bell New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2005. 463+ SpringerLink November 29, 2011. Stice, Eric and Kathryn Whitenton “Risk Factors for Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescent Girls: A Longitudinal Investigation.” Developmental Psychology 38.5 (2002): 669-78 Web.. 2011.

Essay / Barbie Bombing and Beauty Branding that most girls can't look in the mirror and say, 'I'm pretty!' or 'I'm fine!' » (Strings 4). Social media, peer and parental influences, and “beauty” role models lead young girls in today's society to develop a distorted view of beauty themselves. Over time, America has reached a level that portrays beauty as an unrealistic and unachievable model of the “perfect beautiful girl.” According to research by Shelly Grabe, Janet Shibley Hyde, both of the psychology department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and L. Monique Ward of the psychology department at the University of Michigan, half of the female population of fewer than twenty-four admit to being dissatisfied with their appearance (Grabe, Hyde, and Ward 460). Women in today's society look to their culture to determine what exactly beauty is, and recently, the representation of beauty has been tainted. There are a multitude of supposed causes for this tendency toward negative self-perception among young women, and many of these causes ultimately lead to extreme and dangerous measures by girls striving to achieve " idealized level of beauty.” Friendship cliques have been proven to have a direct correlation with young girls and body image. Gathered from research by two Flinders University School of Psychology professors, Levina Clark and Marika Tiggermann, "poor body image in children has been linked to peer teasing and conversations with peers about appearance” (Clark and Tiggermann 1125). Peers easily persuade young girls, and whether a girl's peer group considers it unreal...... middle of paper ......e Effect of experimental exposure to images of dolls on the body image of 5- to 8-year-old girls." Developmental Psychology 42.2 (2006): 283-92. PsycARTICLES. Web. November 29, 2011. Grabe, Shelly, L. Monique Ward, and Janet Shibley Hyde. "The Role of Media in Body Image Concerns Among Women: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental and Correlational Studies. " Psychological Bulletin 134.3 (2008): 460-76. PsycARTICLES. Web. November 29, 2011. Smolak, Linda. “Eating Disorders in Girls.” Handbook of Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Girls Ed. Sharon L. Foster, Eric J. Mash and Deborah J. Bell New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2005. 463+ SpringerLink November 29, 2011. Stice, Eric and Kathryn Whitenton “Risk Factors for Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescent Girls: A Longitudinal Investigation.” Developmental Psychology 38.5 (2002): 669-78 Web.. 2011.

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