Cultural Norms In Today's Society

In comparison to the American culture in past century, gender roles, family traditions, government, and other factors in everyday life have changed severely. Today’s society now accepts many different aspects of life that were not considered the “cultural norm” before. Some of these include gay marriage, interracial marriage, women being the head of companies, and many more. Over the years these “cultural norms” have changed drastically, almost completely switching opposite roles of one another. Another cultural factor that has changed over the past decades is the idea of beauty. Women are key factors in expressing the standard norm for what people believe are the perfect images of “beautiful”. These individuals range from movie stars, singers, …show more content…
There is also a struggle for teenagers within themselves to look past these indirect messages, and accept themselves even if the culture does not. Even though women are aware of some of the unhealthy lifestyles certain celebrities and models put themselves through to maintain their weight, they still pursue to compare themselves to them. Being skinny does not always mean that someone is automatically beautiful. In fact, recent studies have shown that due to the popular interest of the public, being more overweight is considered more beautiful than what magazines and models present. Fortunately, at least in today’s society there are people who aware of the messages that skinny is beautiful, and are making significant attempts to overcome this stereotypical message. These “revolutionaries” want the teenagers of today, and anybody else who has fallen into this sickly delusion to accept themselves as they are, and to remember that every part of their body and soul are beautiful just the way it is. They want everyone to realize that they are unique in every way possible, and that there should not be an “image” that people, especially women, are expected to look like to be accepted as pretty in today’s society. This image of beauty needs to be demolished from women’s mind, and the public need to focus on what is more important which is being healthy, being free, and being beautiful; just the way they