Katie Makkai - Pretty
This fits well with our discussion in the last class on body image. Where do pressures about body image come from? Are these pressures any different today than they were in the past for your mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers...? How have capitalism and marketing played a role, and the assumption that technology (surgery, pills, etc.) can provide the solutions (similar arguments offered for the environment, war, etc...).
This video is very applicable for today's issues of body image. So many girls and women who do have problems with body image are first exposed to their imperfections by their mothers, aunts, or other prominent women in their lives. Also, many mothers have their own issues of body image and unknowingly pass their insecurities onto their daughters.
ReplyDeleteWhile body image may not have been as significant an issue for our grandmothers and mothers, the effects of mass communication, social networking, and increasingly strict standards of beauty portrayed by our society have led to our generation being much more critical of beauty. Also, as more and more technological advances are occurring, the companies who have invested in these technologies use intense marketing techniques to convince millions of women and girls that new procedures and products are necessary for them to achieve the beauty standards set by our society.