The only thing you can’t get away from in life is yourself. Your body, the way you look, you’re stuck with it. The only true meaning of “’til death do us part.” The media is often the fuel to the fire for woman’s waning self esteem. One side is the thin models who pose with hamburgers (see above) or in lingerie, totally butchering a female’s self-esteem. The other side is the side that tells you to love your body for what it is but which is often endorsed by the likes of Victoria Secret models.
The media leaves many feeling like they are much less than perfect.
“Media gives so many people a particular image that makes us feel like we have to portray it when truthfully we are all beautiful the way God made us and shouldn’t let others influence how we should live our lives. “ said sophomore Alyssa Koziarski.
A study shows that at age thirteen 53% of girls are not satisfied with the way they look. This grows to 78% by age seventeen.
“I feel fat all the time. I try to look at myself better but it’s hard, you know?” said junior Kaitlin Byrd.
Eating disorders are constantly on the rise, the tanning bed business is thriving and plastic surgeons are no doubt making millions. It’s not only girls; it’s boys, men and woman too. We have resorted to trying so hard to fix ourselves because of letting ourselves seeing only the beautiful in others and not in ourselves.
It’s said that if Barbie were a real human she would have to walk on all fours because of her proportions and if GI Joe were human he would have bigger biceps than the largest bodybuilder in history.
I don’t know why we tend to look to the media and others for self-esteem and the ‘what we should look like’ but maybe we should turn inward now. The media has dissatisfied our view of ourselves. TV Shows and movies have made us wonder how the heck they ever got that thigh gap or got that airbrushed look while just getting up in the morning.
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” –Eleanor Roosevelt.
I can’t promise you’re going to feel good about yourself all the time because I almost never do but maybe we should start to at least try. We can let the media dictate how we feel about ourselves. But the good thing about that sentence is “let.” Let is synonymous to allow, permit. And you don’t have to allow anyone to tell you how to feel about yourself. And you shouldn’t.
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