Gender Stereotypes Analysis

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Magazines that portray sexualized images of models diminish self-confidence. In Stephanie Hanes’s article she expresses the idea that ads create a sexy image of their model, and therefore have a negative impact on little girls. Stephanie Hanes points out that most markets are “motivated to use the sexualization of women to attract little girls”(Hanes 11). Today most girls look to a magazine or poster of a celebrity to give them an idea of what they should look like. When such images of the celebrity are portrayed as sexy, little girls are impacted in a way in which they feel obligated to change their appearance, because they feel as if they are not good enough; in fact “ 73 percent” of girls said “seeing celebrities who dress sexy” makes