Mind Diminishing :: essays research papers

Mind Diminishing      Reality TV seems to have taken oer television in the States today. Shows such as The Real World, Elimidate, American Idol, and Extreme limitover be just a few of these verity TV shows that are being watched in our living rooms today. While umteen of these shows display the reality of day-to-day life of certain people, various reality television shows effect American conjunction as many bring idealistic to the people on the shows. Shows such as, The straddle and Extreme Make oer are shows that completely remake and rebuild ones outer(prenominal) image. Episode after episode women change their weight, nose, flanges, etc. by bendable surgery hoping to become beautiful. Unfortunately, The Swan and Extreme Make Over make transform the meaning of beauty on the show and mesmerize many into believing that beauty comes in a certain mildew and form of skinny and thin. Skinny and thin may seem to be reality on television, where in actuality the average American woman is astir(predicate) a size 8 and is going to grow as fleshiness has spread throughout the U.S. The Swan and Extreme Make Over are shows that are far from reality and diminish the minds of young women in America as they brainwash these teens to completely change whom they are just to be accepted and acknowledged in a society based on facial gestures and outer beauty.      The Swan and Extreme Make Over are exchangeable reality TV shows that turn the ugly" into "beautiful" through plastic surgery. Both reality television shows begin with women who have self-issues on how they look as well as issues with their self-confidence. The people in these shows have no physical features wrong with them what so ever, they unfortunately are just not content with themselves. They begin on these shows hoping to change one or both body parts, yet, undergo whole head to toe transformations. From liposuction, tummy tucks, lip and breast enhancement, the women end up looking completely different. The participants on The Swan and Extreme Make Over are mainly women who do not fit societys norm of what we call beautiful, as society has a certain form of beauty. Beauty is tall, skinny, and long legged. Women appear on The Swan and Extreme Make Over hoping to completely change their outer looks as well as gain self-confidence and self worth within themselves. While the makeovers only change their outer looks, they cannot change chummy feelings that are really going on in ones head.