essence of true beauty
The Essence of true beauty In American society, women have been objectified to sell a product or an image for a long time. The true standard or measure of beauty is often relative to who is painting the picture, often times being control by the media. Everyday women put strain on themselves by trying to live up to the unattainable level of beauty portrayed by models and actresses, as a result many women chronically feel insecure about themselves. Women can attest to the false beauty that is portrayed in our culture. The people who are really affected are the young girls that are constantly fighting to living up to these standards that pop culture embraces as being the true measure of beauty. This is unfortunate because it is being continuously perpetuated; women are pressured into an unrealistic view of beauty in America. Real beauty in America is not based on how media portrays beauty rather how one looks naturally, having a genuine personality, and taking care of your body to stay fit.
Much attention is put on beauty, and how the media portrays to be the true definition of looks, every year millions is spent on a variety of products used to alter the face to create a different or more appealing appearance. In American culture, women are marketed products because the businesses feed off of women’s view of their true beauty not being good enough without enhancements by makeup. According to Christie Wilcox, “Makeup works because it exaggerates or completely fabricates our natural signs of youth, fertility and sexual availability, thus making a woman seem more appealing. In other words, it works because it’s a darn good lie (Wilcox 2).” True beauty is what a woman looks like when she wakes up in the morning, not by what she prepared in the mirror for thirty minutes. True beauty is what you naturally look like. A women’s beauty is not defined by what she looks like when she adds makeup rather what she looks like in her natural state. Makeup is not
Much attention is put on beauty, and how the media portrays to be the true definition of looks, every year millions is spent on a variety of products used to alter the face to create a different or more appealing appearance. In American culture, women are marketed products because the businesses feed off of women’s view of their true beauty not being good enough without enhancements by makeup. According to Christie Wilcox, “Makeup works because it exaggerates or completely fabricates our natural signs of youth, fertility and sexual availability, thus making a woman seem more appealing. In other words, it works because it’s a darn good lie (Wilcox 2).” True beauty is what a woman looks like when she wakes up in the morning, not by what she prepared in the mirror for thirty minutes. True beauty is what you naturally look like. A women’s beauty is not defined by what she looks like when she adds makeup rather what she looks like in her natural state. Makeup is not
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