"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 …showed first 75 words of 499 total…

…showed last 75 words of 499 total…Four out of five children at the age of ten years old are afraid of being fat. Young women today need better role models. Mothers need to teach their daughters to value their bodies and love themselves. Self worth needs to be taught and children need to know how to treat each other. Maybe if we teach children this at a young age we can stop excessive ridicule and help them feel better about themselves.