tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161998118344105769.post3908299292064160685..comments2010-12-17T08:03:06.355-06:00Comments on Glam Girlz: Media LiteracyTracy Williams Gilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535868002224302868noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6161998118344105769.post-46164472479021836072007-11-26T09:33:00.000-06:002007-11-26T09:33:00.000-06:00I just found your blog from a google search for gi...I just found your blog from a google search for girls dumbing down. I was actually looking for statistics on teen girls media usage vs.intelligence/acadmia levels.<BR/>Is media advertising (especially fashion magazines)controlling America's daughters' evaluation and implementation of the beautiful young heroine role to the point they are excluding their academic excellence? Are the girl's minds so cluttered with media images of the perfectly polished princesses, that they spend an obsessive amount of girlhood on fashion, friendship, and fun rather than academic pursuits? How are advertisers domination of our girls' image causing them to dumb down?<BR/>Hey Tracy! Thanks for your comment. I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! And, yes, I would say that media and culture have a profound influence on what girls believe is beautiful--such as a size 0. I counsel so many girls whose goal in their adolescence is more of an 8 year-old body than an 18. I believe that, if we could turn the focus of the media, it would help girls tremendously. But, I believe that the predominant focus for girls is always relationship. So, their attempts at this beauty, which is really perfection, is really simply an attempt to be loved. I believe they would focus on relationships regardless of what the media was throwing at them...their just might not be the same level of pressure. And I believe, as well, that all girls desire to be beautiful--our standard as a culture has just fouled up what beauty really is.<BR/>Hope that helps! Thanks for your blog and all you do!<BR/>Sissy GoffMelissa Trevathan and Sissy Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228902511963169440noreply@blogger.com