Social Media Dehumanizing Women

Social media is a dehumanizing aspect of todays generation, by making women specifically, feel insecure and self-conscious about their appearance. Through multiple social mediums, such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, women are exposed to a set outlook on what the "perfect woman" should look like. In America, the ideal woman is considered to be skinny, long legged, have large breasts, and porcelain skin. We develop these thoughts by comparing ourselves constantly to people who have a higher number of followers and the amount of likes their photo receives via Instagram. Since all of these applications are so easily accessible, it is easy for young girls to allow themselves to morph their own bodies into something that is desirable, which
in turn manipulates themselves into hating their own bodies. This cause and effect method is something that many young girls experience on a day to day basis. According to medias corrupted idea about what is attractive, young women in America have been persuaded to have a skewed perception of how they should and should not look. The question is, why do we want to mirror these people's appearances so badly?