As humans, we all want to be the best we can be in all parts of life. As Americans, though, we are raised to want to be the best in more materialistic ways. We want the fame, the fortune, and the looks. There is definitely pressure on everyone to look and be a certain way in order to be happy, but there is no doubt that women receive much more pressure on a daily basis.The pressure is to be or become perfectly fit and sexually desirable.
Even at a young age, girls are bombarded with dolls with impossible figures and airbrushed magazine models posing in sexual manners. One of the greatest influences on girls in American history would have to be the famous Barbie doll. With her sleek, blonde hair, perky blue eyes, and invisible waist, she corrupts the minds of preteen children. Recently, however, the doll has influenced older women in their 20's who are now old enough, and have access to new technologies, to look just like their childhood idol.
Women are now going through major surgeries and expenses just to change any and all parts of their bodies to achieve that great, sexy look. The top procedures are tummy tucks, breast lifts/implants, laser hair removal, lip injections, and don't forget the small procedures like hair dying, brow plucking, "mani/pedis", and much more.
This epidemic has gone so far that there are women that actually go under the knife and laser to look exactly like the Barbie doll. The most famous woman is Valerie Lukyanova, a 20-something Russian model who has gone to epic proportions, literally! Her body and facial features are so doll-like and artificial that when she was featured in a magazine, people believed she was a photo shop creation.
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