Semester Project: Perfect 10

For my semester project I decided to create a blog that shows the evolution of women over the years both physically and mentally. I want to help women who read my blog to understand the obstacles that women went through and are still going through to feel accepted and desired today. I think these stereotypes that women have been part of are becoming reality because of women not only men or society in general. The way I see it, I'm not saying that ALL women think, act, and behave the same towards stereotypes but, I do think that few of them are actually fighting against them. Unconsciously women have been living up to these stereotypes and have not even noticed it because of how our society has been developing over the years. They've become brainwashed and these ways of thinking has become part of their daily lives that now they're living it because its been engraved in them for so long. The idea of having to look a certain way, a "perfect" way. I feel like so many women know that nobody can actually be perfect but somehow they think there's a secret to achieving it...It's interesting because most women won't admit to it unless they're passing through some serious self-image issues which is the result of our society. Will it change in the future? I'm not sure to be honest because young girls already feel the need to look and act a certain way. Note: Also to make my blog more personal, I decided to include some photos of my mother and grandmother. I inserted pictures of my grandmother on certain decades to show some of her evolution. I wanted to show it in a different view not just the ordinary famous women but the ordinary women during those times who was not always in the spotlight. 

http://perfect10evolution.wordpress.com/

Resources/Articles:

The frill is gone: sex symbols get serious. By: Musto, Michael. Mademoiselle, Mar 1, 1988, Vol. 9, p86-87, 2p Abstract

The Twenties in America. By: Gooden, Susan. Booklist, Jul 1, 2012, Vol. 108, Issue 21, p46 Abstract

Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television. By: Hurd, Erie. Afterimage, Apr 1, 2007, Vol. 34, Issue 5, p39 Abstract

Sex Symbols By: Frere-Jones, Sasha. New Yorker, Sep 4, 2006, Vol. 8, Issue.2, p137-139, 3p

Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6^th Edition, February 1, 2013, p1

USA Today: 

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/perfi/basics/story/2011-09-14/risks-low-cost-cosmetic-surgery/50409740/1