Never Enough

The documentary: Miss Representation, Was vey enlightening. Before, I was definitely aware of these issues, however; I did not know the full extent of misogyny within the media. Women are portrayed as objects rather than people and men are conditioned to accept and contribute to the stereotypes of women.

What I find so unfortunate is how the vast majority of people are completely unaware of how affected women are by the media. Our perceptions of our own bodies are warped by the unrealistic expectations created by media. We become consumed by these expectations to such an extent where we are unable to find anything we love about our appearances. This leads to a variety of unhealthy habits. Women develop eating disorders, depression, and more. 

The entire concept of beauty is a social construct. Why is it that the perfect hourglass figures are considered beautiful? This idea of beauty was created by media and reinforced by consumers who add to the pressure for girls to look beautiful. The images of women in media are not even real. As if the carefully selected models were not gorgeous enough, their images are then altered into something entirely unreal. The pictures of models are airbrushed, made skinnier, and overall completely transformed. The pressure of becoming these images become so great that we do everything in our power to change our appearances but it is never enough. No matter what we do to change who we are or what we look like, there is always something else that needs to change. We always find a new flaw to scrutinize whether it is our own flaw or someone else's. People spend thousands of dollars on plastic surgery so they can have an appearance that is societally acceptable. But no matter what we do, it is never enough.