Wow. Why is the media so friggen influential? I know I always say this, but I never really thought about how the media really does contribute to an individuals self image. I guess I do compare myself to the media and all the girls etc… that are on the television/internet etc… and how they dress. I thought it was really interesting to be able to hear a lecture that was basically about girls insecurities and how they fix them.
Now I am not going to lie, I am not the biggest chested person. But to be perfectly honest with you all, I can’t see myself going under the knife to get boob implants (I am not the biggest fan of pain/needles etc… though haha). I couldn’t believe what I was hearing when the lecturer was telling everybody that when a girl decided to get hers done she was told to go through magazines and “pick which ones she liked best”. Like how impersonal is that. For many people this is a life changing surgery and to treat it so non-chalant is atrocious to me.
I thought it was kinda weird how some girls got the surgery because they wanted their boobs to look like they were in a push-up bra 24/7… I guess it’s understandable, but can’t say I’d want my boobs at my chin all day long.
It made perfect sense when it was said that girls like getting comments about their boobs after their breast surgery. I think that it is much more broad then that though because I think girls like getting compliments about anything. Girls in my opinion are very very insecure and a compliment about anything makes them feel better about themselves (not to say that guys don’t want/need compliments either I just think it is more dominant in girls).
It sucks that society today is all about how girls are comparing themselves and always trying to be better. I know that will probably never change now because no one settles anymore; people always want something better (perhaps that is why divorce is the way it is?)
I know the media is sweet and all, but after this class I kinda think it sucks. I hate when i’m having an ugly day, and I think that the media makes people feel that way all the time. People are always comparing themselves to the next broad or guy next to them. That sucks!
Now to get to the thing that really pissed me off: “Today, real naked women are just bad porn”- Naomi Wolf. Who is this broad? Like seriously? I know a lot of guys who don’t like the balloon sized boobs etc… I think natural is fantastic. Like why does this person think that people are only good looking if they are plastic? To be perfectly honest, I don’t think Barbie is that sweet looking and Ken is kinda ugly.
Well enough of my rant. I will add in however that when it was stated that the pussy-cat dolls were viewed as role models and how that contributes to a “pornoized culture” I was kinda choked. Like I get that they may not dress very appropriate all the time but who gets the right to define appropriate? What is appropriate? I don’t think young girls are ever going to be looking up to politicians etc. as a role model because they aren’t fun. Isn’t that what being young is about? I’m not saying go and dress like a slut or anything, but I think that there are reasons why artists are idolized and I don’t think that decision is solely based on their attire.
