“History has demonstrated many dangerous beauty fads, including tanning, which have evolved into a false concept of beauty.” (Salpietro, 1995)
“Skin too light? There are creams or sunbeds to darken it. .” (Orbach, 2010; 82)
I have heard a phase that says, ‘We want to be the perfect Ken and Barbie, but Ken and Barbie just want to be real!’
As we have been looking into what society calls the norm and all we do is, follow what ‘Simon Says’. We see how we strive to become something artificial and we begin to neglect the real self.
“Cheekbones, teeth, nose lips, wrinkles, lines, breasts, pecs, legs, bums chins feet, labias, stomachs, midriffs, hairlines, ears, necks, skin coloration, body hair become putty in the hands of the cosmetic surgeons, dentists and dermatologist, who resculpt and transform the body into its alter ego so that the end product recasts standards of what is a normal sort of beauty for all of us.” (Orbach, 2010; 81)
“Cheekbones, teeth, nose lips, wrinkles, lines, breasts, pecs, legs, bums chins feet, labias, stomachs, midriffs, hairlines, ears, necks, skin coloration, body hair become putty in the hands of the cosmetic surgeons, dentists and dermatologist, who resculpt and transform the body into its alter ego so that the end product recasts standards of what is a normal sort of beauty for all of us.” (Orbach, 2010; 81)
Will society ever encourage us to embrace our god given self? Or will we always be striving for the fads of what ‘Simon Says’ (society’s norm)?
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