While watching YouTube videos, a link to this campaign came up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpaOjMXyJGk&list=PL0BRaXBPJ6iZMJoRM9TFRc2Mq4d0KmKqZ&index=0#aid=P-G71WNJ7zI
I think that this video series is very relevant to our talks about body image and the conception of "fat". Most of the women in these sketches think themselves to be bigger than they are in real life, and uglier at that. I think that modern media has bred this negative self-image for many women. We are living in a decade in which female empowerment is a staple of our culture, however, many women have generally negative images of their own body, propelled primarily by the "perfect girl image" in print media. Hopefully this can be rectified over time.
I think this proves a point that many women are never satisfied with their body, even to someone who has the perfect body, i'm sure she personally could pick out many flaws. This is so heavily overdone by so many young girls and women and I believe we owe it all the the media and society. Media portrays this beautiful impossible image but treats it as a reality, and every girl is expected to conform to this "reality". Society empowers and strengthens this view encouraging women to attempt to conform to the stereotype. Then all women end up doing is being dissatisfied with themselves because they can't achieve this image, but in reality it is near to impossible and isn;t even ideal. Women worry so much about their appeal and image that they almost forget to be a person, they forget that being a person isn't all about what you look like. I think this is becoming very dangerous to society especially at a younger age.
ReplyDeleteI really hope that this idea can change. I feel like its the media. The media is pressuring us to be beautiful, skinny, no-acne creatures. I feel like many women are so worried about their appearance, because the media is setting standards for woman. If you are not the perfect person on the television screen, then you are not up to standards. It's stupid, but that's the way society thinks.
ReplyDeleteI agree, many women worry so much about their appearances and conforming to normalcy. I think the media and beauty companies are to blame, putting the idea in our head of what women should look like. But, women in magazines for example are photoshoped and don't even realistically live up to the standards they are portraying.
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