Martian Mary

In this months issue (May,2011) of Seventeen magazine Mary sees Emma Roberts with a beautiful smile and gorgeous hair that fills the page. She also sees colors and other celebrity news. Some headlines she sees include: "look hot", "get pretty for summer", and "make him worship you". The majority of the articles are about guys or beauty. They talk about ways to get more beautiful and how to get guys. This suggests that you aren't already beautiful and you must look a certain way to get a guy. This also suggests that you have to look a certain way in order to be popular. People in the magazine look like they are half dressed or wearing something expensive. They look like they are airbrushed and in my opinion, digitally edited. Most of the clothing is very short or skin tight, they even say why it's good to wear such a thing. Mary would learn that you have to dress have naked and have a ton of make up on to be noticed and to feel good and to get guys to like you. The images in this magazine set standards for Americans to look skinny, flawless, and wearing little. Americans should all look like they just came out of a salon and clothing store everyday. Mary would not be surprised by who she sees in the mall because they would all be wanting to look like that. She would probably not be surprised why what the stores were selling either. Americans desire the opposite sex and anyway they can get it. They want to be glamorous and have all the right curves in all the right places. They also desire to be invited to parties and have a little too much fun. Other ads might advertise steps to look a certain way and that would make Americans desire to follow what everyone else is doing and buy the magazine. They set standards for being feminine meaning to be sexy, gorgeous, and skinny. It means to have all the guys bow down to you "make them worship you" and your body be flawless. The magazine advertises feminine as young and beautiful. Masculine would be getting all the girls to like you. Americans are happy when they can sleep with whomever they please and look a certain way. We are happy when we spend three hours making our selves attractive to guys just to go in the wind and get it all messed up. Americans are also happy when they can follow guide lines or steps on how to look and dress a certain way to look the best. After reading the persuasive magazine Mary would probably try a few things and see what other magazines are telling her this. She might be convinced because they use celebrities and beautiful models to demonstrate why it's such a good thing to party and get guys the wrong way. After several years she might turn back realizing it was a mistake and advising other girls not to do it.