Katherine Haines Whose Body Is This?

Whose Body is This? Whose body is this? Mine or societies? Mine, or my swayed conscious’? For centuries people have been plagued with feelings of need to meet societies harsh expectations of ‘attractiveness’. Whether that means diets, body altering clothing, or surgeries most people still live with the guilt and dissatisfaction that accompany these unrealistic expectations. Katherine Haines, the author, wrote her essay on this disease. It is just that, this mentality is a disease, and that is just what Haines is trying to tell. While Haines desire for writing this excerpt are honorable, they are not fully agreeable. She often is very brash, and absolute with her opinions; she is constantly, and overall talking of women’s struggles with image issues, sometimes adding in the mention of how males tend to find difficulty with these ideals as well. She never goes into any proper detail, unfortunately. If she had her whole argument would have been much better as she talked of the ideal as a disease for all. “It is strange that women do not come out and object to society’s pressure to become thin,” “So why do women not break free from these standards? Why do they not demand an end to being judged in such a demeaning and senseless way?” Haines speculation, is where …show more content…
mostly in the beginning before she veered off, though. “This propaganda that happiness is in large part based on having the ‘perfect’ body shape is a message that the media constantly sends to the public.” Haines speaks nothing short of truth with this statement, and this propaganda, for the rights and good of everyone, needs to be destroyed. Katherine Haines essay was a wonderful read, from the beginning with her facts, to the end with her passionate opinion. It is honorable to see someone speak out, and speak their mind on something that is quickly, and always has been engulfing people’s