http://youtube.com/watch?v=l7G0ENIwIpg
I feel like this youtube is very simlar to the youtube of the airbrushed woman we watched in class today. Society and the media make many girls, boys, women and men feel as though they are inadequate and could never size up to what we see on television or in magazines. Women feel as though they should be 100lbs because the media makes that seem beautiful. Men feel as though they should all be built up like superman because the stronger they are, the more masculine they feel they appear. Although I also am insecure and feel like I should be more like the women portrayed on mtv and what-not, I know men and women that feel like the skinny women on television are so skinny that it makes then less attractive. I've also come across friends of mine that think too much muscle is very unattractive. So when it comes down to it, beauty really is in the eye of the beholder, and people shouldn't worry so much about what others think about them and just focus on what really makes them happy.
3 comments:
That video is shocking! Could we file that under "Realism", as far as our literary terms go?
That video hepled me to see how people with eating disorders see theirselves. I like how it showed what she really sees in the mirror and what she really looks like.
That video really is quite disturbing. But what I really find disturbing is that I know many people who, myself included, while not going to that extreme, look in the mirror and see chunk where it really isn't there. I have a small build and don't really have to worry about gaining too much weight, but yet, when I look in the mirror, I am not satisfied with what I see. I would never reach the point of being anorexic or bulimic, but I can see how easily our self-images can be distorted.
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