Stereotypes Of Women In Society

To a certain degree, most women care about their own appearance, and more often than not they do it to for other people. But why is that? It isn’t like there is a law or a higher power telling women that they have to look a certain way. So why do women feel like we need to dress a certain way for other people? Is it some sort of competition or for their own self-esteem? Or could it be women’s way of keeping up with men in a professional setting? Personally, I believe it’s all of the above. Prior to 1960 women had their futures predetermined. They were expected to follow traditional roles of domesticity. That they should stay at home to cook, clean, and if they had any, to look after their children. But there was a movement to change that. A group of women, which included Betty Friedan, founded an organization named the National Organization for Women whose purpose was to combat women’s equality in the work place among other things. This gave women a mutual interest in going against the system that for a long time …show more content…
Well, it more so stems from society than the individual themselves. Now-a-days it seems that it’s unavoidable to go out somewhere without seeing a poster of the latest fashion trend which features an improbably skinny model signed, some Corporation. Different media outlets constantly force this image of what they think, or want us to think, what the perfect women looks like. Therefore women strive for this goal that is close to impossible. A survey done in 2014 by the British Social Attitudes showed that only 63% of women aged 18-34 and 57% of women aged 35-49 are satisfied with their appearance. But a study done by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Body Image shows that female insecurities in appearance starts a much younger age. The study found that girls as young as five are worrying about their size and appearance, and that one in four seven-year-old girls have tried to lose weight at least