Lianne George, in her essay, explains that children in our society are being manipulated by snobby rich women such as Paris Hilton that want them to look like models and behave as if they were goddesses. She also goes as far as saying that allowing young girls to wear lip-gloss and nail polish will eventually lead them into a life of a sex-crazed diva. Now I don’t believe in what George is saying here. Of course girls want to dress up like the beautiful women they see on tv and in magazines. What’s wrong with trying to look nice? Someday, they will eventually realize that it is not what is on the outside that matters, but what is on the inside. And sure, even after realizing that they will try to look nice and wear nail polish and other stuff. Using these kind of accessories does not change their attitudes; it does not turn them into snobby, stereotypical blonde girls like all these people say. They don’t turn into a diva because they wore nail polish when they were six. Of course, having parents tell them that they aren’t beautiful unless they use those accessories will do that, but that is a whole other story. Most of the girls that wear this stuff have good, knowledgeable parents. They will not dress provocatively either just because they wore nail polish at the age of six. Girls for some reason enjoy decorating their body, but will not try to look like sex-crazed animals when they grow up because of it.
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