Each society has its own standards of beauty in relation to the body of people. Throughout history and depending on the geographical region, it has been seen that “beauty” is a changing concept. For some groups, in a certain place and at any given time, nothing is more attractive than someone “well stuffed with meat”. It reflects opulence and power. For others, only those who deform the face or have many scars on the skin are beautiful.
Currently, in the West the so-called “commercial beauty” is preferred, a type of aesthetic in which the beautiful body or the beautiful face is obtained by applying products or performing procedures, which obviously cost money. The attraction is bought and sold. The reality is that behind all this there are huge economic interests.
- “Now we know that the soul is the body and the body is the soul.
- They tell us they’re not the same because they want to convince us that we can keep our souls if we let them enslave our bodies?”Shaw?.
More seriously, many men and women around the world accept and internalize these commandments without a critical position, forget or ignore that they are subjected to obvious manipulations that end up enriching few people, meanwhile, they learn to judge their own bodies. Don’t you forgive yoursing for the appearance of one? Pnequinho?And they feel less important if they don’t approach the imposed aesthetic model. The advertising pressure is great, but despite this, the smartest thing is to resist. Here are some tips for escaping this slavery.
Convince yourself of one thing: the beauty models shown in the media are not real. Most people who appear in ads don’t naturally have the body to show. Either they spend many hours in a gym, or they get the perfect body through surgery, or the images have been edited in Photoshop, or even all of the above alternatives. Obviously, genetics also plays a role.
Perfect measures have been dictated by the world of advertising and by those who market beauty Why is one body with certain characteristics perfect and another not?Simply because sellers and advertisers of reducing creams, cosmetic surgeries and products of similar use have imposed it. . The harder it is to get the “perfect” body, the more they sell. Ideal, they were easy to get, they’d go bankrupt.
You may have learned to consider a certain type of body or face beautiful, however, you should be aware that you have been trained to see it this way, it may be a good idea to protect yourself from these alienating messages and not expose yourself. powerless to everything the media broadcasts.
You may have noticed that few people are really satisfied with their bodies, not even the actresses and models who sell us in every ad or ad are, most are dissatisfied. Some people would like to be taller and others lower, those with curly hair wanted straight hair and vice versa, those of large buttocks try to disguise them and those who do not have many are looking for ways to increase them. dissatisfied with physical appearance.
At the same time, a significant number of people act as an aesthetic critic, which is very common in women. They question the body and appearance of others without anyone granting them the right to do so. They’re evaluating. They say a few pounds less would do you good, or pretend your haircut doesn’t fit. These professional critics, who don’t want you to feel better, but who pretend to emphasize that something is wrong with your appearance are still there, in this way compensate for the very discomfort they feel with themselves.
Therefore, dissatisfaction with the body is likely to hide, in fact, dissatisfaction with deeper aspects of individuals, or the people with which we relate. You may feel that you are not worth enough and transfer this desire to love yourself more in your body. Some interpersonal relationships may not be based on something right or sincere. Decidedly, when the environment in which we live accepts us, it is also easier for us to accept ourselves.
It is important to take care of your body, look for what is healthy and what can help you develop many skills, it is also important to beautify yourself, look in the mirror however you want without being yourself, the truth is that you are not worth more or less for the body you have. No one is happier or more balanced if it looks like the cover of a magazine. Looks like it could be, but it’s not. Nothing really important in life is achieved simply with a beautiful body.
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