In today’s society women are always worrying about their appearance. Their perspectives on how they should present themselves are imposed by everything around them. Friends, celebrities and the media are the main reasons why women fee the need to live their lifestyle a specific way. Sometimes, celebrities don’t even need to say anything to have an effect on one; women in today’s society are already provoked on changing just by feeling intimidated by them. In Nina Power’s text, ‘One- Dimensional Woman’ the author also argues that you don’t need superficial things to feel good about yourself, or to even look like perfectly thin stick figure to be a feminist.
In my opinion, Americans tend to think that their appearance is everything and go to great measures to get their desired looks. I also believe that people in society are always trying too hard to make them self look like their ideal celebrity. I feel that men and women have different standards when it comes to appearance and how they view it. I also agree with Nancy Hellmich in her article, “Do Thin Models Warp Girls Body Image?” as she says that girls are becoming skinnier and skinnier as the years go by. I think as society tends to focus on their appearance more, it also becomes more dangerous.
Social comparison has become one of the strongest theories as to why women are finding themselves overwhelmed or having trouble getting to the “thin ideal” they see in the media. It is near impossible to reach the media’s view, because it always seems to be too perfect. The mass media is very powerful and has played into women’s perception on reality, the cultural structure, and the “ideal image.” Many studies have verified that one’s view of their appearance can have a powerful impact on a woman’s development and psychosocial experiences (Serdar). Researchers have found that body dissatisfaction is correlated with other forms of psychological impairment. Not surprisingly, disturbed body image is one of the main precursors for disordered eating and dieting in adolescent and young adult girls.
The company started off small with just the two founders and created a search engine that is the most popular in the world. Even though Google is now a huge company, they are successful because of their approach on integrity, and diversity. Ethics and Character Google hires people that are smart and determined over someone who is experienced. According to About Google (n.d.) Google hails from all walks of life and speak dozens of languages” reflecting the global audience that they serve. Google has a code they live by “Don’t be evil”.
My best friend Ghasak is always going to the nearest bathroom for a make-up/ hair check. They try to conform to the cookie cutter shape that’s been set out for them. As they try to fit into this shape of what’s beautiful and liked; men try and fit into the same shape that’s been created for them to be attracted toward. Society and media all dictates how we interact with each other and interoperate what is acceptable, even attractive. However, women aren’t innocent in this controversy either.
Women are set such a high standards when it comes to society’s expectations because “average” just doesn’t cut it. Most women these days are expected to look, dress and act a certain way that they normally wouldn’t intend on doing. Women feel pressured on trying to dress more feminine, as they feel, based on society’s expectations, that this is the only way men will feel more sexually attracted to them. Also another reason is that most women also try competing against other women just too simply get more attention. Partially in saying that, women mostly feel the need to make themselves look good because they themselves see them only being attracted to the good looking guys and the only way they think of trying to do this, is by using their looks as a part of attracting the opposite gender.
The many celebrities like Miley Cyrus and magazines who all try to portray their idea of a woman, alter and distort their perception of womanhood. These girls wear overtly sexual and suggestive clothing and opening act promiscuously in their interactions, forced to go through extreme diets, wear large amounts of make-up and even modify their bodies through surgeries all due to the cumulative pressures of friends, family and their developed self-confidence issues to become this counterfeit ideal. These girls wear uncomfortable heels, constricting clothing and skimpy outfits to hyper sexualize themselves. This is what they believe it takes to become fun, sexy and a desirable woman in today’ society. They go out, drink, “grind” and “twerk” (different forms of highly sexual dancing), and hook up with random guys.
They might even call her “Superwoman”, but that is just a television show, and not reality. In reality we try to be and do everything; we show off, then we get stressed, sick, and eventually our body can’t take the abuse and we collapse like a ton of bricks. Everything is affected when we become stressed; including our self-concept and our self-esteem. As woman we feel we have to take care of everyone and then complain when we can’t do it anymore. I believe taking care of people we love is part of a woman’s self-esteem and self-concept, and when we can’t keep up with everything we feel less than
The aging community is being stereotyped everyday whether it is positive or negative. The aging community is being stereotyped on social media, print Medias, and electronic Medias. Studies show that women are being underrepresented more than men (Foos & Clark, 2008). The aging population is being portrayed in the media in a positive way but most certainly in a negative
The woman was there exclusively to be viewed or to be surveyed by the spectator and in some cases also viewed by herself; it was believed one of the only reasons she should examine herself is to see how others, primarily men, perceived her. I agree with author and believe that this has carried into modern day self-images of many women, many women today are extremely self-conscience of their image and how they are portrayed by others. I think the feeling of being viewed and judged is an ongoing issue, leaving many women with insecurities of one’s self-image, even though there has been a tremendous step for women in today’s society. According to Berger, “To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself”.