In the book “The Body Project”, Joan Jacobs Brumberg examines how the social changes of the last century have affected the ways in which teenage girls regard their bodies and themselves. By the use of various historical documents, including the many diaries of adolescent women, the author looks at the developing attitudes towards such issues as physical occurrences like that of menarche which we know as “menstruation” and skin conditions such as acne. Brumberg also …showed first 75 words of 766 total…

…showed last 75 words of 766 total…insecurity, and self-doubt. When a person suffers from these issues it leads to an easy gateway for the mind to shift from focusing on external controls to internal control because it simply becomes a race to motivate one’s self by improving their appearance to gratify the feelings that are skirmishing within. This problem leads females to undermine the importance of contributing to society (good works) to females converging solely on bodily appearance (good works).