Lately I've been frustrated at the line "every woman is beautiful" that's being held out as something that's really ground breaking and aspirational but I have this really negative reaction to it.
I see the Dove adverts promoting beauty in all shapes and sizes and all I can think is it's just the tyranny of a looks focused culture. Am I being a total cynic? I can't quite articulate it, but it almost seems to me that the message is "Every woman CAN be beautiful and therefore every SHOULD prioritise being beautiful. Being beautiful is important."
I remember as a (gangly and awkward) teenager my DM saying "Well looks aren't everything" when I was upset about not being glamorous and at the time it was SO hurtful, but now I think she may have a point. I can't imagine the advertisers would go for it, but surely the message is some people are beautiful and others aren't, but everyone is important / worthy of respect / of value?
I'm really not articulating it well, but does anyone else get what I'm trying to say? Why is being beautiful the most important thing?
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OneFlewOverTheDodosNest · 29/07/2016 16:55
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