Pop Culture Impact

In modern day society celebrities seem to have had a huge impact on women all over the United States. Their constant fashion change and the pressure to stay thin not only affects them, but everyday women as well. Can they be blamed for eating disorders, plastic surgery addiction, and young girls growing up too fast?

Eating disorders are not new to women, but I believe that they have become more common because of celebritites. Obviously most celebrities have a lot of money, which allows them to afford personal trainers, nutritionists, and stylists. Every day women look up to these icons and see how beautiful and thin they are, and I believe it impacts the way they live. Pop culture has seemed to have put celebs on a throne, so to speak, and it has altered our ideas of beautiful. "Thin is in", so it is no wonder that young girls and women all over the U.S. starve themselves to keep up with what's cool.

I do not see plastic surgery as a bad idea. If you have the money and the time to fix one or two things you don't necessarily like about yourself, have at it. However, I do believe when celebrities, such as Heidi Montag go under the knife twelve times or more, it is an addiction. It sends the wrong messages to girls with low self-esteem. She is basically saying that fixing everything about your body is what you are supposed to do to be beautiful.

I work with children, from ages four to six years old, and something I have noticed is that even these little girls are showing signs of growing up too fast. They have obsessions with teen pop sensation, Miley Cyrus, whom we have watched grow up rather quickly in the past few years. She went from starring in her own show on the Disney Channel as 'Hannah Montana', to dancing on a pole at her concerts in front of thousands of young girls. I even saw on the Tyra show, a six year old who would not leave the house without her Hannah Montana wig on. This to me is ridiculous.

Overall, I believe pop culture and celebrities have set the wrong tone for women and girls all over the United States. Though celebs should not take full responsiblity for the struggles we face, I do consider them to be a big factor.