Analysis: The Ugly Truth On Beauty

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Nothing Is What It Appears to Be

Society considers a woman’s sole focus in life is their looks. Women are held to such a high standard therefore, naturally comparing themselves to photos or videos of women that do not even look as they appear. Many things factor into the way women feel about their physical appearance. Having low self-esteem is a prevalent problem in women today. According to The Ugly Truth About Beauty by Dave Barry, women think about their appearance as “not good enough”. Who is at fault for the views women have towards themselves? Social media, television, and celebrities play a colossal role in shaping the way women feel they ought to look.
Social media is an influential way to entertain society. Unfortunately, social media can be a way for women to communicate cruel things to each other while hiding behind a computer screen or smartphone. According to dosomething.org, “Seventy percent of students report seeing bullying online”. As a result, there are numerous women whose self- esteem is taking a toll because of what other women feel they can say behind a computer screen. Another problem that women face on social media is obsessing over other women online. Young women today focus on following other women’s false lives. Most pictures on Facebook, …show more content…

For example, the Kardashian sisters record all of their workouts on social media, so that the world can learn how to look as fit as them. However, their image is created in a plastic surgeon’s office, not a gym. In the essay The Ugly Truth About Beauty, it talks about an episode of Oprah with supermodel, Cindy Crawford. She teaches a group of middle-aged woman how to apply her beauty products in a certain way. Dave Barry expresses the irony in the fact that these women would never even remotely look like Cindy Crawford no matter how they applied the

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