Unrealistic Expectations of Women :: Media

Unrealistic Expectations of Women I cant tell you how many times I have opened up a fashion magazine, listened to adds on the radio, watched commercials on TV, or observed the stereotyping in todays extremely judgmental society and seen the effects that our expectations have had on people, oddly young women. There are so many instances throughout the course of everyday life, that I feel expected to live vicariously through the body of a Victorias Secret model. I can only admire how many others feel this way as well. I was recently foliage through the pages of the 2002 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and within a matter of five minutes, I was majorly downing my body and my looks. I couldnt help moreover compare my body to that of a woman who is 510 and weighs 105 pounds, when the average female is 56 and weighs 140 pounds. Its no wonder there are so many cases of anorexia and bulimia when a model, comparable to the stick figures drawn by kindergarteners everywhere, is yet another symbol of what is considered to be beautiful. other article that caught my eye was in an old Cosmopolitan magazine I just had lying around. It was entitled, Five Fixes Thatll Make Him Want You. Now, my initial reaction was integrity of frustration. Why is there so much pressure to make the opposite sex want you. Its a dreaded curse that is utterly inescapable. We exit always be trying to impress the opposite sex. There is always going to be something about us that isnt quite right, or iodin flaw that if we could just in some way fix, wed be perfect. Girls, let me ask you something. Do you think those models are happy? They are endlessly under an enormous amount of pressure to keep the body they have, to not eat, and to be absolutely flawless.