When I think about the standard of beauty I think of the world's perception of beauty and how society believes they should look like or be . In society it expects people to be perfect like having the perfect shape or skin complexion, not all standards are achievable which leaves individuals feeling left out or like they don’t belong. With the use of social media and phones young kids and older see the life or the body they want to have they feel they have to look or be a certain way to make themselves popular or important. In the slides of reproduction talks about the power of physical appearance and attractiveness, most people prefer to date or talk to someone based on how attractive they view them.
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Hi Stephanie, I agree and think you touched on an important point with social media. Additionally, social media can be heavily edited which not only make these beauty standards impossible to achieve, but also creates unrealistic expectations and comparisons that can negatively impact self-esteem and mental health.
ReplyDeleteHi, I agree with your take on the way the world's perception of beauty is shaped by society and their expectation for people to be perfect. I do feel as though that had it not been for the widespread use of social media, that these standards wouldn't be as relevant. More people would feel comfortable being themselves without the need to satisfy an "ideal" image.
ReplyDeleteHi! Although I do believe social media has a big role in the unrealistic beauty standard, beauty has always had power, it has always been an issue, for example China if you date back to the Han Dynasty their beauty standard involved foot binding a Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls so that it would change their shape and size of their foot. This was so that their feet would appear small and slender which was an unrealistic beauty standard at the time.
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