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A couple of days ago I was scrolling through my Facebook feed when I came across an image of a female using contour to make her breasts appear larger, it came as a huge shock to discover how far a person would go to make themselves look slightly more attractive. We live our lives worrying about our appearance, going to extremes to makes ourselves appear exceedingly more attractive to others. And as a result of this pressure to look a certain way, we can easily drive ourselves to the point of overdoing it.
I was watching the show Take Me Out last week when it came to my realisation that we judge each other based on our appearance rather than whats on the inside, with both genders in the TV show being rejected solely on the way they look. A man will walk down the stairs and be instantaneously turned down by a bunch of girls, after sharing nothing more than his name. Which begs the question, is this really what we consider entertainment? This show presents the ideology that opposite sexes are attracted to one another based purely on their appearance, not what is underneath it.
Its shameful to admit that we live under the influence of the people around us, we are constantly comparing ourselves to celebrities and people that we consider as being more attractive than what we see ourselves. Makeup tutorials are taking over the Internet, constantly reminding females that this is what is expected of them every morning, this is the way they need to look in order to fit in.
Why do so many of us make such a conscious effort to make ourselves look ‘perfect’? Some feminists may argue that we doll ourselves up purely for our own personal happiness, so that we can look good because we enjoy it, not for the way we want men or other females to see us. However for many we dress, act, and make ourselves look a certain way purely because we care about how other people view us. We make ourselves look beautiful so we can attract attention from others and we strive to be noticed.
We all have extra or too little fat in places we don’t want it, a spot on our face that we just cant get rid of or birth marks in places we don’t want them. It’s fine to cover up your imperfections, to make yourself look beautiful everyday, as long as you do it for the right reasons. It’s what’s inside that truly counts, because what good is exterior beauty if you have no inner beauty?
