"Little Girls in Pretty Boxes" by Joan Ryan

"Little girls in pretty Boxes" By Joan Ryan
In Joan Ryan's essay, "Little Girls in pretty Boxes" Ryan explains the toll professional gymnasts and Figure skaters place on their bodies. She explains how media and culture place humanly unreachable and unhealthy goals in young girls minds.
In our society today bulimia and Anorexia are very popular among teenage girls. Females in general usually have a poor body image. Even very young girls will go to great lengths to feel better about how they look.
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