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Originally Posted by masquerade
I can't believe we are talking about this again.
If you really think people are not influenced by the media and society, than you are very naive. The media is constantly telling women that their bodies are wrong, and airbrushed images of models and celebrities are right. Even logical adults who know these images aren't real cannot escape the pressure they create. This isn't even just about weight, its about breast size, hair color, skin color, wrinkles, etc.
Designers continually create clothing that looks good only on certain, modelesque body types. This isn't anything new. Woman are changing their bodies to fit these ideals, when designers should be changing their designs to fit women's bodies.
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We talk on this thread (and on TFS in general) as if we are immune ...
Because we know the names of the models and see them change.
But in all honesty, the real global problem is that the image of beauty portrayed is:
thin = beautiful
white = beautiful
straight hair = beautiful
Of course it sucks, (especially on a racial perspective) but the whole point of any beauty/movie/television etc. industry is based on the unrealistic.
By definition, the whole
point of models are to be thinner, prettier (in theory), and unrealistic.
I, like many others, am unhappy with the use of emaciated models.
But why should we expect to see models (as so many have said) to look reflective of the "average women?"
As much as that would help all of our (non-model) self esteem... models unfortunately need to reflect a desirable, usually-unattainable form of "beauty."
We might disagree on what that "beauty" means. But without something that seems beyond our ability to attain.. there would be no famous models.