American Society

This picture of a female model represents American culture because this is the so-called "picture perfect" look. Everyone wants to look like these girls. Skinny, tall, perfect hair, perfect smile. Our American society tries to live up to these unrealistic expectations. This is the cause of eating disorders and self esteem issues. Nobody actually looks like this "perfect person" everyone talks about.


Facebook is big in American society. Everyone has one. It leads to making new friends, to making enemies. Facebook can be good in ways, but usually people have a bad conotation about this social networking site. At first, one had to be 18 years or older to use this website. But it soon became very popular and now it seems as though the whole world has one. This is a big communication tool that people use which makes it so popular in American society.


Reality television is one of the biggest influences on people around the world, especially the American society. We get these ideas and thoughts put into our heads about sex, drugs, drinking, etc. This overall hurts a persons self esteem, ruins their reputation, or digs them into a deep hole. Everyone watches some kind of reality tv show and if you don't you still know about one or two and you're influenced by them. This gives American culture a bad name when Americans are focusing on all of these bad things instead of presenting ourselves in a good manner.


Fast food restaurants have become a social norm to American society. Our society is very fast-paced and busy with tasks that we usually don't have time to sit down to a nice cooked meal for dinner. So where do most Americans turn? Food that is fast, simple, and easy. But it is also horrible for our bodies and doesn't help us whatsoever. Americans have become known for all the fast food eating we do because of the number of obese people we have living in our country. This is a bad representation of American society but it's probably the biggest of them all.


Even though we are pressured to look small and skinny, most of our society is very overweight. 85% of adults and 20% of children are overweight or considered, "obese". This is a huge problem in American society. It goes along with fast food, where we eat and eat and eat but we don't feel full because we aren't putting good things into our bodies. America has a reality tv showed called Biggest Loser, a show to see who can lose the most weight in a given amount of time. I think that's when we know American society has a problem and should think about changing its ways.