Hello and welcome to the first episode of the diyqueen talks series ! Today i'm going to talk about how beauty is socially constructed .....
What do you think when
you hear the word ‘beautiful’? Most
of you would probably think according to generalized society’s point of view:
supermodel gorgeous, thin, tall and perfect – all the stuff you personally see
in magazines. Is beauty socially constructed? If so, how do we stop it?
A lot
women do things like style their hair and wear makeup because that act makes
them “feminine” – but I am fed-up of hearing that. What you choose to do with
your body and life has nothing to do with who you really are. Can you not style
your hair and not wear makeup and still be feminine? Yes, you can! Only wear a smile on face, glad expression
and respectful clothes and that’s it you’re ready to go! We nowadays think
these are normal thing to do but think again, is that who women really are?
Girls
are brainwashed at a very young age that Barbie is how a woman is supposed to
look and live like, which young girls often strive to obtain – and that could
be life-threating. Barbie
portrays the perfect image and life. Not only is Barbie tall, skinny and
perfect, she has all the luxurious accessories to match her perfect life. To go
along with her perfect life she is accompanied with the perfect family and
dream house. These life and body ideals are reinforced every day on TV shows
and movies, magazines, and more. We mutilate the natural state of our bodies in
order to be deemed acceptable.
Being a teenager, I
feel that we live in a culture where being thin is the only normal thing. I
feel this way because throughout my school journey the girls “with meat in
them” were often bullied. Low self-esteem and eating disorders would then
result from these feelings. I, personally, do not think that "only thin is
beautiful" or “only chubby is beautiful. Not only by your exterior, but
what kind of a person you are and what you have inside, makes you beautiful.
In my
opinion, I think you should do whatever you
feel like doing! Don’t do things simply because that is what “a girl is
supposed to do”! Challenge gender roles. If you go along with these
unacceptable and unattainable beauty and life standards, it will just keep
growing worse and worse! So, don’t let these little things society does manipulate your mind! Women are beautiful, women should feel beautiful. All of
us.
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