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Some people just need a life. |
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Media is evil, it constantly tells girls how to look. And young teen girls are so impressionable and
think that they should look like the models in the magazines...
In my opinon fashion and the magazines should be destroyed, but that will never happen as that would
mean everyone being nudists.... :P |
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Most of the high fashion models look a little boy-like on purpose. Fashion magazines and
fashion houses give a girls an ideal they can never become because when a girl feels unattractive,
she shops for a new dress or hair ornament or makeup she hopes will make her attractive. It is a
never ending cycle and a great source of revenue to the fashion houses because most girls will never
get to look like the boyish models in these magazines. Keeping girls feeling unattractive is very
big business. |
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Yup, the media has a huge impact on a lot of girls. It's sad. I mean, I love the way I look, but
that's because I've learned to ignore the idiocy of the fashion industry. |
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I think that it's true. The media creates an unrealistic veiw of female beauty. Women are beautiful
naturally, we don't need to live up to anyone' s idea of beauty. Just being ourselves is beautiful. |
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I agree completely! I feel so pressured as a young girl to fit a picture. Society makes girls feel
insecure by constantly slamming girls who are a size 12 in clothes as fat! I'm lucky i have a
wonderful boyfriend who helps my confidence. But i think it's disgraceful and its constantly
illustrated everyday by the amount of young girls from the age of 12 years old who are suffering
from eating disorders. People should be able to be what whatever they want without feeling
worthless. I still feel that it is these stupid celebrity magazines that encourage this obsession by
young girls, and these stupid celebrities such as victoria beckham and nicole richie. |
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This is so true. What bullying there is comes about because of society's view and constant
bombardment from the media. It's really quite ridiculous how perfect the media makes us think we
need to be to be accepted. |
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I agree because as am a young woman I do look at magazines and want to be as beautiful they are, but
then again, you ve got to think what is beautiful? Nobody can tell anymore. I also think, it is a
BIG reason why young teenage, adults are getting sick cause their too skinny!! OR their getting
plastic surgery thinking its going to be better when it will get worse. |
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Poor girls! |
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I would go further, claiming that society's view on beauty is in fact a result of the media's cruel
and unforgiving attitude toward the subject. |
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I agree, society is very pressuring especially when it comes to the media and the movies and things
coming out with unacceptable women. Today's society needs someone who isn't representing all the
"skinny" and "pretty" people in that case. |
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This is how the game works. Women are built with low self-esteem to give men a fighting chance. I
always see these women with poor images of themselves and I think if only for one day she could read
male thoughts. She wouldn't have another doubt in her mind for the rest of her life. It's honestly
that simple women. I do agree that society does make it harder on a women. |
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I think it can be a mixed answer, because some people bully others and make them feel ugly because
Society's View which makes it a double answer. |
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At some point in our life, we all have moments of insecurity. I do not think that society and the
beauty ideals are something that most people continually compare themselves to. If one has low self
confidence, that is a trait that should be worked on. I have seen beautiful girls (one was actually
a model) that are very insecure. The one that modeled, actually believed that she was ugly. No one
ever told her that. She truly did not have a healthy sense of self. Her boyfriend was not allowed
to look at other women (as if that's possible). To compare one's self to an image in a magazine, in
a movie or on TV is not comparing apples to apples. The women who walk down a runway are
dangerously thin. Where photography is concerned, there are many ways to edit someone and make them
far more glamorous than they are. The bottom line is that these women are human beings and have
flaws just as we all do. They simply have them covered up.
I do think that bullying at school is something that can damage self esteem. Children and young
adults are more prone to hear the negative over the positive. They tend to think that parents,
family members and friends are obligated to tell them that they are pretty. It is a sign of
maturity when one reaches a place in life that they truly like themselves. That doesn't mean that
they become conceited. It means that they can take a realistic look in the qualities that make them
unique, beautiful and special. There are some people who simply are not attractive and, most of the
time, they appear to have learned to like who they are.
There was a time in my life that I was insecure and didn't feel that I was attractive. Thankfully,
I matured and developed a healthy self esteem and I honestly like who I am. There were many
positive changes when I learned to love myself and my self confidence was higher. One of the most
noticeable was that I found that I drew more positive attention from others. When someone chooses
to date someone and wants the relationship to progress, healthy individuals want someone who is
confident and sure of themselves. I don't know of many people who want to spend their entire live
reassuring someone. Conversely, there are those who are drawn to those with low self esteem. Many
times, these people are control freaks who capitalize on the doubts of the other person. |
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What teenage girl is going to sit around talking about how pretty she is? She needs other people to
tell her. They might not notice the mole that would look better an inch to the right or her nose
isn't very aristocratic.
Teenagers are burdened with trunk loads of insecurities -- the pretty ones, the popular ones, the
funny ones, the athletic ones, and the confident ones as well. Raw nerves and rampaging hormones
trapped behind tidy brick walls.
Most people, however, think they look pretty good -- the average person rates their attractiveness
at 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. Recent research contradicts earlier hypotheses that pretty people had
higher self-esteem. Apparently, people with high self-esteem think they're prettier than they
are.
If you think you're pretty, you tend to be friendlier and more confident, and people like those
traits and think you're pretty because you act like you are, which boosts your self-esteem and the
spiral continues. Up or down.
Just grit your teeth and wait until you graduate from high school. Life gets much better. |
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I am a girl with low self-esteem, and I don't agree with this. The reason I don't see myself as
pretty has nothing to do with media or bullying or anything else; it is my own opinion of myself
that nobody can change. To say what most people say on this subject, I feel this way because I gave
myself permission to with no say whatsoever from other people. |
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No one can make you feel bad without your consent. |
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All I know is I wouldn't want to spend my entire childhood and teen years and young adult years and
older adult years worrying about how pretty I was. I don't know how women make it without losing
their minds. |
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