Breaking Down The Media's Distorted Views On Beauty

It has been said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Throughout time, beauty is something that has been apart of all civilizations. The concept, or a general idea throughout people groups state that beauty has to do with physical appearance. Individual opinions on beauty are swayed by the media and it feeds off each other. The significance of beauty is being content with oneself and not letting outer forces influence the inner. Because the concept of beauty is such an influential part of todays world, it is effected by the media, effects the security of teenage girls, and destroys the individuals idea of self value and worth. Beauty is important because everyone views it differently and each individual has their own version of it.

Today people look to magazines to find beauty. They are told that its tan skin, perfect hair, white teeth, and a thin appearance. This effects the concept of beauty because although these are nice attributes to a person, this does not consider them a beautiful person. In the article, Breaking Down the Media’s Distorted Views on Beauty, written by Katie Atkinson, talks about breaking down the medias flawed view of beauty. It goes through scenes of young girls comparing themselves to what they see in magazines, movies, and commercials. Young girls look to the media to find their definition of beauty. There is an unspoken rule of women comparing each other to one another and that should not be the case. The media tells girls they should have a thin figure, beautiful skin, and cake on the makeup when in reality, that is not beautiful. There is no true definition of beauty based on societies ideals. Being thin does not make him or her beautiful. Having tan skin does not make him or her beautiful. Having white teeth does not make him or her beautiful. Being beautiful comes from deep within a person knowing that they are content in who they are and they do not let that effect their life. In a report from a study of body image, Kate Fox states, “Recent experiments have shown that exposure to magazine photographs of super-thin models produces depression, stress, guilt, shame, insecurity,