What are we showing viewers about a woman's image? I just want to see what others think when it comes to the examples we have of women's bodies. Kelly Clarkson is a beautiful and talented woman. Kelly is comfortable with her body and image. The article below will show an interview with Kelly Clarkson, which is a testimonial that she is okay with her body and image. Why do we need to edit photos and images of women who are happy with themselves? I believe that this is because natural beauty may not be considered "flawless beauty" anymore. There are so many tools and products that the media uses and sells to "perfect" the images they represent. Why do magazines have to enhance, touch-up or even completely distort the real images they show in their magazines? Is this just to sell the magazine's or product's? I believe that this is one of the reasons that young women have such a difficult time accepting who they are and what they look like.Women are represented all over the media and shown as slim, beautiful and flawless. I think that viewers may get the wrong idea and assume that natural is not beautiful. The picture we are sending viewers is a false advertisement because these images are not real and can cause alot of unrealistic ideas to all.
The article below is Kelly Clarkson's testimonial.
You make a wonderful point! If magazines published photographs of "real"(read: not photoshopped) women then more women might start to think that maybe they are normal(because more often than not, women don't look as "beautiful" as those in magazines). And if they saw nothing wrong with themselves then the cosmetic and diet industry would plummet dramatically. These magazines targeted at women need to make their audiences feel inferior so that they can sell their product.(They make 'em feel ugly, but make 'em feel like they need to be pretty to be accepted, then they help make them pretty!)
ReplyDeleteWould there even be a need for cosmetics and diets etc. if it weren't for the cosmetic and diet industries?
I completely agree with you about how the media misrepresents women's bodies. In More Magazine in 2002, Jamie Lee Curtis, did a photo shoot without makeup or touch-ups and then allowed the magazine to touch up the photo. Both pictures can be seen in the article. That article really shows the dramatic affect of photo-editing techniques. Our problem is that society has created unrealistic models for women. If a woman may happen to obtain that ideal, then the bar is raised again. This further perpetuates the idea that women will never be good enough for society’s expectations. Women need to learn to find their self-worth and values from within themselves. Society has come a long way in the last fifty years, but we still have a long way to go to gain gender equality.
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