Beauty

I wrote this over 3 years ago:


America's standard of beauty is a nightmare for this generation of girls.
What is womanly beauty to you? (Seriously, please comment I'd love to know). What is the beauty standard in American today?
It is a really interesting thing, beauty. Okay so if we looked on the surface of things and looked around to see what beauty is, what would we see? Here goes:
Beautiful, absolutely perfect super models and actresses in Hollywood. Makeup. Dyed hair. Trendy clothes. Cleavage and tight clothes. Models airbrushed to perfectionism on the covers of magazines. Big red lips. Mystery.
Awesome right? If we could just get to that standard of beauty...just keep reaching for it...the hotter we dress, the more we'll impress...
Right?
That makes sense. That's what everyone/everything is telling us.
But isn't that so superficial? If we just go a little deeper, how happy are those models? Truthfully, America's standard of beauty IS a nightmare for this generation of girls. I feel so terrible for girls, and even women, these days who feel like they have to be perfectly beautiful all the time. Whether that be buying trendy, immodest, expensive clothing or getting a nose job. We are SO incredibly focused on looks.
When I was younger I used to be confused. Seriously, I watched movies and saw these beautiful girls. I always especially loved the hair. I would go to the mirror and try to make my hair look like their's on TV. Until a few years ago when I realized that those aren't really women. They are fakes.
"They (fashion models) represent the epitome of objectification: seen as little more than a walking clothes-hanger." ~From this article.
The article was talking about fashion models being unhappy. They ARE extremely objectified and they did it to themselves without realizing it. It is a trap and so many of us gals fall into it.
The less clothes, the hotter we are. That's a disgusting point of view and we need to get back into reality. Being fake with makeup that's caked on an inch thick and hair that's been dyed more than the number of hair on your head is NOT respecting yourself. We don't need to do that. We need to respect ourselves so others can respect us. Dressing in that "fake" manner is just showing insecurity and giving bad messages to the guys in our lives.
What kind of heads do we want to turn?


Danke...