According to Edward Counsel Maxims, “Beauty is but a lease from nature.” Society pressures women to conform to a standard that limits their unique expressions. A battle rages on within the hearts of women; a constant push and pull of society’s definition of beauty and their own interpretation that struggles to find a common place. Society gives the universal mindset that nature is in control over the beauty of women; however, this is superficial. True beauty will never be limited by appearance because it runs deep within humans, straight into their hearts. Women experience a degrading sense of worth that is magnified through the media and advertisements in modern culture leading to many devastating consequences.
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Society forces men and women into strict gender roles. These positions are not flexible and must be abided by which causes violence against women. Media endorses gender roles such as: “men in charge...women follow...men superior...women inferior… women equal less value...sexual objects”(Call to Men). These tropes all pressure boys into following the restrictions placed upon them. Media subjects women to the violence that society itself has created by giving men a “man box” as described by Tony Porter in “Call to Men.” Tony Porter, a TedTalks speaker, as a boy was expected by a neighbor, Johnny, to rape a 16 year old girl, Sheila. As he entered the room with the girl, he felt “petrified with [his] back to the door so Johnny couldn 't get in the room.” Then, he zipped down his pants and walked out of the room. He made sure he was zipping up as he walked past the assembly line of boys waiting their turn to display their manhood. The boys asked, “how was it… [he] said it was good” then walked out feeling that this man box society forced upon him was more important than what was happening to Sheila. Society is to blame for men’s fear of losing their masculinity in the eyes of others(Call to Men). Jackson Katz, an expert in violence against women, explains that “there are pressures on men, there are constraints within peer cultures on men,
America is a beauty obsessed …show more content…
Society forces men and women into strict gender roles. These positions are not flexible and must be abided by which causes violence against women. Media endorses gender roles such as: “men in charge...women follow...men superior...women inferior… women equal less value...sexual objects”(Call to Men). These tropes all pressure boys into following the restrictions placed upon them. Media subjects women to the violence that society itself has created by giving men a “man box” as described by Tony Porter in “Call to Men.” Tony Porter, a TedTalks speaker, as a boy was expected by a neighbor, Johnny, to rape a 16 year old girl, Sheila. As he entered the room with the girl, he felt “petrified with [his] back to the door so Johnny couldn 't get in the room.” Then, he zipped down his pants and walked out of the room. He made sure he was zipping up as he walked past the assembly line of boys waiting their turn to display their manhood. The boys asked, “how was it… [he] said it was good” then walked out feeling that this man box society forced upon him was more important than what was happening to Sheila. Society is to blame for men’s fear of losing their masculinity in the eyes of others(Call to Men). Jackson Katz, an expert in violence against women, explains that “there are pressures on men, there are constraints within peer cultures on men,