Today I am going to talk about something that has already been talked about many times before: the world's obsession with perfection. I chose this topic, because even with all of the dialogue that has begun in regards to perfection, more specifically why we expect so much of it from women and the way they look, the world still has a long way to go. I'm not saying men don't ever feel like they have to look perfect, but I do believe that women are pressured and bothered about it much more than men, at least right now.
In America, this pressuring for perfection is everywhere. In Barbie dolls, Disney princesses, movies, T.V. shows, and make up adds, women and little girls are influenced every day to think that perfection only matters on the outside. Movies and T.V shows hardly ever included strong female leads that could be admired for more than their form and facial features until very recently.
Our culture of only caring about a women for her looks is exposed in books like The Diamond As Big as The Ritz, where the main character John admires Kismine only because she didn't have "A single defect"( Fitzgerald 90). It makes me wonder how John would've acted if Kismine did have any "defects". Would he think less of her as a whole? If she wasn't serving him by being a treat for his eyes would she be not deserving of his attention at all? The thought of that just makes me so angry. The worst part is, even though so many things have changed for the better, like I mentioned earlier the objectification of women is still very ingrained in media, and at times, it feels like it is too huge of a part of our society to ever go away. I truly do hope that by at least a hundred years later from now, students can sit in class and read a book or watch a movie from our time and be glad that a women is no longer treated as a diamond and only regarded for her outer beauty anymore.
In America, this pressuring for perfection is everywhere. In Barbie dolls, Disney princesses, movies, T.V. shows, and make up adds, women and little girls are influenced every day to think that perfection only matters on the outside. Movies and T.V shows hardly ever included strong female leads that could be admired for more than their form and facial features until very recently.
Our culture of only caring about a women for her looks is exposed in books like The Diamond As Big as The Ritz, where the main character John admires Kismine only because she didn't have "A single defect"( Fitzgerald 90). It makes me wonder how John would've acted if Kismine did have any "defects". Would he think less of her as a whole? If she wasn't serving him by being a treat for his eyes would she be not deserving of his attention at all? The thought of that just makes me so angry. The worst part is, even though so many things have changed for the better, like I mentioned earlier the objectification of women is still very ingrained in media, and at times, it feels like it is too huge of a part of our society to ever go away. I truly do hope that by at least a hundred years later from now, students can sit in class and read a book or watch a movie from our time and be glad that a women is no longer treated as a diamond and only regarded for her outer beauty anymore.
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