“Throughout history in all cultures a common ultimate goal is to achieve beauty” (Hutchins). For centuries, women of all race, culture, and location have strived to reach one common goal, which is to feel attractive. The old Chinese used to use a technique called foot binding, which was not only a symbol of beauty but also wealth and status. While foot binding no longer is a procedure used in this day in age, women have found new contemporary methods to make themselves look and feel more attractive. Cosmetic procedures, once used only by the rich and famous, are one of the most dominant methods of body modification in society today. In other countries, such as Africa and Thailand, other types of body modifications are used to achieve the
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Surgery was shown to be effective at addressing these problems” in an article in the British Journal of Plastic Surgery (Klassen). With that being said, it is easy to understand why women put themselves through procedures to alter their bodies. Today in the 21st century objectification of women’s bodies is prominent and can cause women to “internalize an observer’s perspective as a primary view of their physical selves” (Fredrickson and Roberts (1997)). Also, “[o]bjectification is likely to result not only in the tendency to monitor the body and its various parts, but also in behavior designed to enhance attractiveness” (Henderson-King and Brooks, 2009). Women also undergo the “Fashion-beauty complex” in today’s day in age, which is by definition “the extensive network of corporations, media conglomerates, celebrities, and techniques that together create and support the ideology of feminine beauty and narcissism” (Henderson-King and Brooks, 2009). The fashion-beauty complex “[glorifies] the female body and to and [provides] women with the tools they need to maximize their beauty potential, one actual effect is that women are made to feel deficient and in constant need of improvement. Thus, the female body becomes not only an object, but also a project, an object to be worked upon” (Henderson-King and Brooks, 2009). Henderson-King and Brooks also …show more content…
It has been proven that women throughout the centuries have manipulated their bodies for one common purpose: to be more attractive and achieve the type of beauty that is wanted. The old Chinese bound their feet to stop growth because small feet were a prestige item and represented beauty back in their culture. Women in Africa stretch their lips, and wear neck rings to act as a illusion of a elongated neck because that is represented as beautiful in their culture. Women in America undergo surgery’s to reshape their features, and receive a look that is considered beautiful in the world today. Marilyn Monroe said it best, “[b]eauty and femininity are ageless and can’t be contrived, and glamour, although the manufactures won’t like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it’s based on femininity” (“Marilyn Monroe
Surgery was shown to be effective at addressing these problems” in an article in the British Journal of Plastic Surgery (Klassen). With that being said, it is easy to understand why women put themselves through procedures to alter their bodies. Today in the 21st century objectification of women’s bodies is prominent and can cause women to “internalize an observer’s perspective as a primary view of their physical selves” (Fredrickson and Roberts (1997)). Also, “[o]bjectification is likely to result not only in the tendency to monitor the body and its various parts, but also in behavior designed to enhance attractiveness” (Henderson-King and Brooks, 2009). Women also undergo the “Fashion-beauty complex” in today’s day in age, which is by definition “the extensive network of corporations, media conglomerates, celebrities, and techniques that together create and support the ideology of feminine beauty and narcissism” (Henderson-King and Brooks, 2009). The fashion-beauty complex “[glorifies] the female body and to and [provides] women with the tools they need to maximize their beauty potential, one actual effect is that women are made to feel deficient and in constant need of improvement. Thus, the female body becomes not only an object, but also a project, an object to be worked upon” (Henderson-King and Brooks, 2009). Henderson-King and Brooks also …show more content…
It has been proven that women throughout the centuries have manipulated their bodies for one common purpose: to be more attractive and achieve the type of beauty that is wanted. The old Chinese bound their feet to stop growth because small feet were a prestige item and represented beauty back in their culture. Women in Africa stretch their lips, and wear neck rings to act as a illusion of a elongated neck because that is represented as beautiful in their culture. Women in America undergo surgery’s to reshape their features, and receive a look that is considered beautiful in the world today. Marilyn Monroe said it best, “[b]eauty and femininity are ageless and can’t be contrived, and glamour, although the manufactures won’t like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it’s based on femininity” (“Marilyn Monroe