This video kind of goes with what we were talking about in class today. It’s an episode from the Tyra Banks show, and there are young girls, like really young girls who think they’re fat, and not pretty enough.
The image that our world has today on what it means to be pretty or skinny, in my opinion, is out of control. It’s crazy that these young girls are worrying about these things so early on. Im pretty sure that when i was 5, i was in drill team, dance, and riding motorcyles and four wheelers with my brothers. I could have cared less about what i looked like. These girls are getting these ideas from everyday television. One of my favorite shows, Americas Next Top Model is probably the biggest promoters to telling young women how they should look, but then again, the show is aimed at an older generation. You have to be at least 18 to even be on the show. So, these young girls who are getting the wrong perceptions of themselves are watching shows that aren’t even aimed at their age group. these girls are already acting like many older women, and teenagers do by not only seeing themselves as not good enough, but watching shows that they aren’t even old enough to be watching. At times, i feel that tyra banks is being a hypocrite for saying that it’s ok not to be skinny, b/c she isnt, but her show promotes skinniness. She always says on her show that a plus size model can win, but it’s been 8 cycles, and now 9, and there hasnt’ been a plus size model yet. I tried to find one episode that i watched of her show where a russian model was on there, and she weighed 85 pounds and said she wanted to lose more weight. And that 85 pound women told another girl who weighed maybe 160 pounds that she was fat! it was the most revolting thing i had ever seen, b/c the women who was 85 pounds said she looked healthy, when that girl had no curves on her body! We are women, we have child bearing hips, and we have breasts, and it just disgusts me that this women has no intent to respect her body enough and keep it healthy.
So, as for what we were saying in class..i think that society is destroying peoples lives, but im not sure if they know that they are doing it or not. They put this label on what perfection is, and tell women that they are suppose to be that way, and it is not only affecting women, but even 5 year olds! it’s crazy!
My advice: If you want to fix your hair, fix your hair. If you want to eat chocolate every night for dinner, eat chocolate every night for dinner. If you want to wear baggy or slutty clothes, wear baggy or slutty clothes. Just respect yourself enough so that other people will.
Laura Knudson Said:
on September 27, 2007 at 12:40 am
Very good! The important thing here is the concept of what messages we are sending to the kids…the beauty ideal our society is so caught up in is so sad, because of what it’s doing to little girls.
Keep up the great work!