I believe the article with the most interesting information we have read in class so far would be 'Only Two Percent of Women Describe Themselves as Beautiful'.
I think this because even though we all know most women are uncomfortable with their bodies the numbers and data gathered from the surveys support those assumptions far more than we would originally think.
Dove surveyed women from around the world to get those numbers, which is even more shocking. When we ourselves think of women being beautiful or women being insecure we automatically think about our own society. However, women from all other societies and cultures are just like us.
This information is extremely important for readers to know because it has to do with almost all of us. The media sets standards for beauty way too high. Our standards for beauty are also set by the way men see beauty. Women, especially younger girls, growing up in this time period feel extreme pressure to look skinny, wear hip and popular clothes, wear makeup and have their hair just perfect. These standards are nearly unattainable. Because nobody can reach that kind of perfection, we feel bad about ourselves.
The fact that only 2% out of so many women found themselves attractive is depressing and sickening.
I think that if more of these surveys and facts were sent out more and more people would realize how insecure women are about themselves. It isn't healthy and maybe someone will finally do something to help.
Why do you think the media sets its standards of beauty so high? What interest could they possibly have in this issue?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think is important about women feeling secure and what should we do about it? I agree that it is unhealthy that we are constatnly judging ourselves and others, i don't know if you are familiar with tyra banks camp for girls to teach them self esteem?.....but i think that instead of Personal development in school they should also teach self esteem to men and women
ReplyDeleteThe media is setting the standards for beauty so high because, like we said in class, it all boils down to money. I do think that they need to teach children more about self esteem in school, especially young girls. You see on TV and even in real life very young girls dressing much older and wearing makeup. We need to start drawing the line somewhere. I have heard of the Tyra Banks camp and I know I've seen Dove commercials talking about teaching young girls self esteem. I think if there was more of a push for programs like that it would help young girls a lot.
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