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The Negative Impact Of Beauty Pageants On Young Women

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Do beauty pageants have a negative impact on women’s lives and do they create an immoral and harmful view of female beauty? Beauty pageants are contests that concentrate on the ranking of women based on various traits such as physical glamour and talent. The topic provokes controversy and has been intensely debated because some do not believe it is ethical to continue beauty pageants, while others do. Some people claim that beauty contests aid women’s personal growth, while others claim that it is immoral to portray a specific person as the most physically attractive. Beauty pageants should not continue to occur because they are some of the sources of child exploitation, they develop unnatural ideas for young women, and they objectify women. …show more content…

Oftentimes, parents will force their daughters to compete and they will obligate their daughters to dress a certain way. These actions done by parents will be done despite the daughter’s defiance. Young children should have a choice. Children should be the ones who decide whether or not they will compete in beauty contests. In the article “9 Big Beauty Pageants Pros and Cons,” Flow Psychology states, “...these very young girls would rather be playing with their friends than being shuffled onto stage with a full face of makeup.” Furthermore, young women will grow up with false ideas about

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