Detrimental Effects of Beauty Standards Perceptions
What is beauty? Beauty is “a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight” (Oxford Dictionary 1 ). However, the true indication of beauty comes from within. Beauty has been molded to fit the expectations of society, especially in women. The media promotes the ideal woman, but lacks the ability to explain the difference between imagination and reality. To begin, women have been affected by society’s beauty standards for over three thousand years ago, changing the way women are perceived. Also, the media promotes and sets a negative perspectiveperception of women. As the media plays a big role in this day and age, women are often heavily influenced by it. Lastly, due to society’s beauty standards, women result indevelop low self-esteem, increasing the number of plastic surgeries and eating disorders. Therefore, society promotes unachievable beauty standards for women globally.