Marilyn Monroe: THE START

<Tab/>MARILYN MONROE Marilyn Monroe's status as a sex symbol and popular icon has set a standard for American beauty that no one else can set. <Tab/>Throughout the years of Monroe's childhood, she encountered many hardships unsuitable for a girl. She was born with the name of Norma Jean Mortensen and into a family not quiet secure, forcing her to have spent little time with her …

…considered, "free sex a taboo, but Monroe's portrayals subsequently helped to change that by making it something beautiful and acceptable." (#4) Without Monroes help to modernize the way America scrutinized sex, there may not be the fabulous playboy, or even the risqué movies that have been produced over the past decades. With this image that she contained, "the power of Monroe was just as great as a political icon such as the president" (#4).