Double Standards

Society is practically based on double standards, we can’t ever make up our mind on what we claim our values are. We teach little girls that they must be perfect little princesses who never get in trouble and always follow every rule. This puts a lot of pressure on girls and women and affects their self-esteem and overall well-being. On the flip side, we tell boys that they can misbehave and break rules to be better as men. “Bad” boys are what young men strive to be for most of their life. I feel that the differences in values based on gender lead to lower happiness levels in society as a whole.
It is seen in all aspects of society from advertising to movie casting. Women are shown as sexualized objects in modern media. When advertising for even the simplest of things women are in few clothes and do very sexual actions while men are fully clothed, usually well dressed and seen as a higher authority figure. Even …show more content…
Society puts higher pressures on women to be perfect and look exactly how they are in media. Which has negative effects on the mindset and body image of little girls as they strive to be society's version of perfect. This is important because I have seen many girls including myself try to fit into the mold we are handed by our peers. It causes girls to dislike their bodies or hate who they are just because they aren’t what they have been taught is beautiful by society. My solution is to find an equal basis for representation, increase body positive programs and decrease the about of photoshop use. I’m not saying it’s wrong to look like the magazine models but it shouldn’t be the only ideal of beauty. We need to encourage little girls to do what they want no matter size, shape or what people are telling them. Once we equalize the genders in media we will see a much more happy society as girls are happy about who they are and don’t feel like sexual