Women of the World: Beauty

Being a female made this article more interesting and personal. I have seen a lot of people including friends of mine obsess over their bodies and image. High school is the best place to really see this happening. Girls at such young ages are becoming obsessed with how they look and what they wear so much that it is sickening. For those that do not meet the standard norm of how one should look are teased, bullied, and pushed to the side. The magazines and tv shows on display today are perfect examples of where a lot of this "beauty ideal" comes from. There are reality shows like, "Beauty and Beast", "America's Next Top Model", and multiple make-over shows. All this does is teach people that unless you already fit this certain profile you need to "fix" yourself with diet, tanning, hair color, whitened teeth, and new clothes. In some ways we need to blame ourselves for falling into the trap of the media and peer pressure. Unfortunately, these images are getting to our children who are more impressionable and vulnerable to peer pressure. People need to be more responsible, but the media needs to consider the idea of morales and realize image is not the most important attribute in life.