Beauty In The 1920 Essay

Over the centuries the definition of beauty has changed, but what hasn’t changed is the pressure on women and men to conform to those standards. In the 1920s the era of the flapper a rail thin figure was coveted with an emphasis on long legs. In the 1940s and 50s curves were all the rage with an emphasis on a plumper figure. Then the 1960s rolled around and we returned to the rail thin figure with the popularization of fashion icons like twiggy and Audrey Hepburn. In the 1990s, if twiggy's rail thin figure wasn’t enough, women were asked to become skinnier and this figure is coveted even in today's day in age. There are two ends to what is considered beautiful today. Either you had that extreme thin body or you had a curvier body. Even with
If you did not posses the ideal figure you were shamed and looked down on. Because of this all different types of dieting became popular as well as dieting pills and steroids, which are more often than not harmful to your body. If that wasn’t enough women and men are further thinned and perfected with the use of photoshop in the media. The result of this is a perfect unattainable body. As you can imagine it is hard to feel positive and love your body. I as well as many other men and women struggled with this on a daily basis. I have always been a curvier girl I haven never possed the coveted thin body and thigh gap that has been popularized in recent times. It was hard for me to look in the mirror and think I was beautiful. I would avoid certain types of clothing like shorts because I didn’t think I could wear them. I avoided any activity that required me to show any type of skin excess skin. I refused to go swimming, even though it was one of my favorite activities because I was afraid that I would look disgusting in a swimsuit. I tried the pills and the diets but no matter how much weight I lost I never felt