Unrealistic Wants in Terms of Money, Fame and Physical Appearances in Today´s Society

We never stop asking questions about ourselves. We wonder if we make enough money, if we're wearing the right clothes, if we’re successful or attractive enough, popular enough and many times if we’re thin enough. We do it to ourselves often, perhaps to an extent that we don't even realize. How can we possibly begin to answer these questions?

It’s very easy to take for granted how much we as humans are influenced by the media. We have relied upon the media for years to measure success, beauty and power. Many times, our behaviors are based off of what we consider acceptable, due to the actions of individuals displayed on reality television shows. This is often extremely misleading and misunderstood, causing many to believe in such abnormal ideals.

Each day, the average person is exposed to thousands of advertisements, including broadcasting, visual or printed, promoting unrealistic body shapes and sexually based advertisements for fashion and cosmetics. We, as women, are influenced from a young age to objectify our bodies from the effect of movies, music videos, and a lot of the time song lyrics.

Fashion and lifestyle magazines are also large contributors to the self-destruction of women. Magazines, such as lifestyle, are intentionally aimed to give people an idea of how they’re supposed to live their life: hence the name “lifestyle magazine.” We are told how we should dress, where we should eat and the kinds of people we should associate with. We’re constantly reading about the amount people drink, smoke, take drugs, have affairs, and party, which doesn’t seem to affect people the way it should because in their opinion, they’re not doing anything wrong if everyone else is doing it as well.

In today's culture, unrealistic w...

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...ed on the picture was colored in crayon, but as most girls do, this girl had curves. Stunned at what she had just said, I asked her what makes those girls unreal and she simply said, “ Those girls don’t look like us. Those girls aren’t like us; they’re all the same. Tall and skinny.” Absolutely astonished at what she had just said, I knew she was extremely accurate and was not expecting such a reaction from a girl as young as she.

As a society, we feel the most in control when we know what is going on. We always have the choice to hear what we want. Tune in or tune out. If it all gets too much, fold away the newspaper, turn off the television, and turn off the radio. Close the book. Close the computer. Shut it all out. See if you can. Because the day we learn to accept our flaws and treats others as equal is the day that we will change the mindset of our generation.