I am tired of the media's constant demand for women to look "perfect". Women become so insecure about their looks and personalities because of this. They begin to think and feel that they have to conform to what society wants them to be. Be yourself, ladies!!! It is my belief that women everywhere should be who and what they want to be. They need not make attempts at looking like the celebrities that the media wants them to look like. Being a stick figure in a potato sack is not "sexy". Sexy is being yourself, being original, and being you. This perfect image that women try to mold themselves into is ridiculous and can be life threatening, especially if they attempt this image in the wrong way. Many disorders are developed because of insecurities brought about by the media. These disorders include eating disorders, complexity disorders, and so forth. This is to raise awareness about women everywhere that are just trying to fit in and be loved. So ladies, if you are one of those trying to be perfect, don't; you are perfect as you are. If you know a friend that is having problems with who they are because they aren't "perfect", just reassure them that they already are perfect. Perfect comes in all different shapes, forms, personalities, and appearances. Every woman is perfect no matter what society tells her and we need to come together and put an end to the insane idea that there is only one type of perfect. Please help me to raise awareness and build self confidence!!! THANK YOU!!!!
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I agree with you 100%! It has always been evident to me how women so easily are persuaded into trying to be "the perfect woman," and more than anything, now, as a 20 year-old woman, I find it to be truly sad.
The problem that many women have is that we are attention seekers. We want external validation for what and who we are, and many times, we tend to seek that validation among the opposite sex. This is why you see so many women now-a-days walking around with the "latest fashions" that are in fact nothing more than skin-bearing outfits meant to attract attention from men.
What women have to decide for themselves is if that KIND of attention is the kind of attention they want. Some women who are truly desperate for any kind of attention will say "yes," but the bottom line is that when guys give you attention because you're wearing what I call "hooker gear," mean aren't thinking, "Oh waht a nice young lady, I'd like my mother to meet her!"
They're thinking more along the lines of: "I would really like to have sex with her." And I swear, I am NOT saying this just to be crude. I have some very honest guy friends who will literally talk to me like I'm just one of the guys. The bottom line is that when you bring yourself down to a level of desperation for attention, the kind of attention you get is primal, and it's purely sexual. Now, I don't know any woman who just wants to be looked at as "sexual," and I know I ceratinly do not.
The bottom line is that women need to understand that they are worth more than simply sexual attention. We need to show off our mental abilities in school and in the workplace. We need to show off our managerial abilities and leadership capabilities in the workplace and in government. People will never respect us because we just demand equal rights; we have to DEMAND through our ACTIONS that we deserve equal rights! For all the ladies out there, SHOW, don't tell the world how capable we all are!
Emily Tate
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
School of Public Policy
gtLilith@gatech.edu
Amazing post, I couldn't have said anything like this better myself, woman don't respect themselves enough these days and men don't help. We're a very self-involved society and we believe we can't be ourselves, we need to be someone else because we seem boring to ourselves. Anyway, wonderful job darling!
Alexa