It was a Saturday morning like no other. I was going to attend my high school’s prom and enjoy the last few days of school with my friends. I am a fairly quick dresser so that morning after I was ready I went to my prom date’s house hoping we could leave early and meet up with all the other guys. When I first saw her I thought she looked amazing. Her dress looked awe-inspiring and she had mastered walking in those pesky heels so I thought we were ready to go. Little did I know that she was still not done because as she put it she still needed to get her “hair done, put on makeup, and accessorize”. Here I thought she looked stunning with what she already had on but she still felt she needed more. Why was she thinking this? She had fallen victim
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Orbach discusses the effect media has on the world, especially in the life of women. Women are told how both they and those around them are supposed to look by different sources of media. Among one of Orbach’s keypoints is the effect the United States has in all of this. This country uses movies and television shows, among other things, to show women how they are supposed to look. Orbach describes what it is like to have something constantly telling you this in her work, she describes the experience women go through …show more content…
Media is a very important factor in all this because the power it has now is extremely stronger than it was in the past. It reaches places it was not able to approach ten years ago and it is everywhere. A magazine can not be picked up without it having pictures of beautiful women. There is no escaping it. Women see this wherever they go. Then after seeing it over and over again they start internalizing it. They start believing they are too fat, that their nose is too big, or even that they simply are not pretty. This is problematic because it keeps women oppressed, it makes sure women can never fully love themselves. Women are left constantly seeking approval from those around them in search of acceptance. This is all constantly happening and not enough is being done to prevent it.Western ideologies of beauty should be eradicated from today's society as its only goal is to prevent women from valuing their own bodies and appreciating who they truly are in order to make
Orbach discusses the effect media has on the world, especially in the life of women. Women are told how both they and those around them are supposed to look by different sources of media. Among one of Orbach’s keypoints is the effect the United States has in all of this. This country uses movies and television shows, among other things, to show women how they are supposed to look. Orbach describes what it is like to have something constantly telling you this in her work, she describes the experience women go through …show more content…
Media is a very important factor in all this because the power it has now is extremely stronger than it was in the past. It reaches places it was not able to approach ten years ago and it is everywhere. A magazine can not be picked up without it having pictures of beautiful women. There is no escaping it. Women see this wherever they go. Then after seeing it over and over again they start internalizing it. They start believing they are too fat, that their nose is too big, or even that they simply are not pretty. This is problematic because it keeps women oppressed, it makes sure women can never fully love themselves. Women are left constantly seeking approval from those around them in search of acceptance. This is all constantly happening and not enough is being done to prevent it.Western ideologies of beauty should be eradicated from today's society as its only goal is to prevent women from valuing their own bodies and appreciating who they truly are in order to make