Im getting really tired of this whole everyone is beautiful society. Not everyone has physical beauty. Of course not, and thats okay. First of all its completely messed up that people feel the need to constantly point out a womans physique. Because of this, weve now entered a society where a woman cannot feel good about herself, cannot feel like she has obtained success, unless she feels physically beautiful. She has been told over and over again since day one that beauty is everything. If a woman feels that she is not what society deems attractive, (too tall, too fat, too skinny, breasts arent big enough, butts too big, too short, has acne, [the list goes on and on]) we bombard her with mixed messages on how to obtain beauty. Lose weight to get that perfect beach body love your curves! how to pick out outfits that accentuate your best features. We tell her both to hate her body because its not perfect and to screw society and love her body because she is beautiful anyway. There are endless stories and songs that prove this: The Ugly Duckling, All About that Bass, Big Girl, You are Beautiful. We make a womans entire worth based on beauty. And if society dare tell you that you arent beautiful let them be damned because there is some physical feature about you that makes you desirable... But heres the thing: beauty is worth nothing. If the whole world were blind what would we have left to judge people on? Intelligence? What good they do? How they make us feel? Things that matter? Saying that everyone is beautiful is like saying everyone is good at auto mechanics. Its simply not true. But most people are not heartbroken because they are bad at auto mechanics. They throw it under the category of not my thing and are glad that they are good at French and art and chemistry. But most women are heartbroken if they dont feel beautiful. Most women cannot move on until she gets enough reassurance from someone that she has physical beauty. And why is that? If a man is unattractive its okay because he still has some feature, his humor, his charisma, his intelligence, that society deems acceptable and makes him a worthwhile part of humankind. But a woman is nothing if she is not beautiful, so we tell her she is beautiful so that now she might be something. As if to say dont worry, some man will find you attractive enough, so now you can feel good about yourself and be something, because you are nothing without the approval of a man. And that is sick. Totally and completely sick. No! Dont accept it! Love yourself because you are wonderful. You have purpose! You do good for the world! You make someone smile! Appreciate the way you look, and dont hate yourself for it, but your looks do not define you, and certainly another persons opinions about your looks do not define you. Take back your right to be a human being with talents and emotions and power and love instead of allowing yourself to be defined by someone elses visual pleasure as a lamp or decoration would be defined. Not everyone has physical beauty, and thats okay! But Everyone has the potential to do good for the world, and THAT is what makes them beautiful. So please, stop dehumanizing women, and women, know that you have much more that makes you successful than your body. Let your body be a tool, not the final product.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 00:58:13 +0000
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