How Did Marilyn Monroe Affect Society

Do you ever wonder how a famous figure can end up hurting society or causing history in society?

Norma Jeane Mortenson aka Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer mostly known as is called the blonde bombshell”. She Was born on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles California, She passed away from August 4, 1962, in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Marilyn Monroe was known for being a sex symbol during 1950s and early 1960s she was also part of the era’s emblem sexual revolution; you may know her from her hit movies, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Seven Year Itch, How To Marry A

Millionaire, and her last movie made before she passed away was The Misfits. Marilyn Monroe was a human just like us and she’s been harshly judged for

Marilyn Monroe‘s time was tougher than the current time we’re in, Marilyn Monroe was in the

40s and the 50s even in the early 60s, mental illness and mental awareness weren’t a big thing during these times, even though many people were suffering from war, depression, PTSD, etc. It was often looked at badly when placed in light. “Swathed in a fur coat and using the name Faye Miller, she signed the papers to admit herself, but she quickly found she was being escorted not to a place where she could rest but to a

Padded room in a locked psychiatric ward. The more she sobbed and begged to be let out, banging on the steel doors, the more psychiatric staff believed she was indeed psychotic” (Kashner 58). In this quote Marilyn talks about the time she tried to her herself by put herself into clinic to get rest and better her mental health but met with mental abuse. It goes to show how badly mental illness was looked at, the times we are in now, there is a lot more mental awareness but there’s still that negative impact that

Again, people should care more because you never know what goes on inside a person’s mind even if they seem very happy, it’s always good to check up on others and help them through their mental health instead of thinking of them badly. Marilyn was seen in a bad light because of the drugs she was prescribed for, for her mental illness and her struggles in her love life and life in general but most people thought she was happy because she put a façade throughout most of her career until she could no longer handle it. Mental illness is very important because it can be something someone is dealing with around you without you knowing and this can push someone to do things just from the influence of negativity. I have experience with this because sadly, my uncle took his life and everyone thought he was perfectly fine, my family has