I think it's really becoming a major issue that social media such as tumblr, instagram, models, and all kinds of magazines, are giving teenage girls a false idea of what their body should really be. Pictures such as these, make girls believe the barbie face and body is the ideal image, and every girl should look like this. I'll admit that I would love to be skinnier and prettier and I do try, but never to the point of self harm. Girls starve themselves, exercise excessively, force themselves to throw up and all other kinds of self harm just to try to look like a false image. Barbie isn't real, her body and beauty is not realistic so why are girls trying so hard.
Doing all they can to lose that stomach, get that thigh gap, and cake 10 pounds of makeup on their faces.
Funny thing is.. nobody is naturally like that/
Society isn't like that..
I think teenage girls need to stop the self harm and realize they are beautiful just as they are. These models and tumblr girls give us all false hope that they are the perfect beauty and their goal is to make everybody want to be them. The woman in this picture is absolutely gorgeous just the way she is, just like everybody is. So stop changing yourself and be happy with what you have because the image that you think is perfect, doesn't exist.
I definitely support your argument, but I have one issue with this. As an avid tumblr user, I only see people making the same argument you are right now, never anyone saying that people should be skinnier. Just watch out as to who you're associating when you make these arguments.
ReplyDeleteInteresting, i agree..
ReplyDeleteYES. I support your argument. I feel bad that women feel the need to change themselves to be who they aren't. It's a shame that the media amplifies this, so other girls think that it's okay.
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