Textual Analysis Of Beauty

How is beauty defined? In contemporary society, beauty for a female is defined as having large breasts, big buttocks and an elegant facial profile. For males, handsomeness (the term used to describe beautiful males), may be defined as having a firm jaw or face and a muscular physique. The issue of beauty has thus become increasingly important because society is portraying beauty as superficial through the use social media and other entertainment means which results in a lack of priorities thus inducing insecurity among many. By examining the vast amount of products we use daily, the genetic differences among individuals and by critiquing the recent advertisements by Victoria Secret and Dove, a correlation can be made between what society deems beautiful and an increase in insecurity. Women and men, yes men too, worry more about their appearance than they have ever before. Turn the television on and with certainty there will be a commercial regarding cosmetics, whether it be make up or a new shampoo that makes “beautiful” hair seem obtainable. Why is this a problem? Well for one, the broadcasters are intelligent enough to place famous individuals in the commercials themselves so their credibility is higher but …show more content…
If we spent less time concerned with our appearance, we’d have more time to do the things we want to do. Unfortunately, society has engraved into our minds that appearance and beauty go hand and hand and so it has become almost a necessity to beautify ourselves because the commercials aired on television gives the impression that by using the products celebrities and “beautiful” people use, we can in fact become like them. This though results in an unhappy bunch of people because instead of looking at our accomplishments, we look at the mirror and question our integrity according to what we see at the