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I am shocked that people would catcall that ad in a theater, I am 18 and there is nothing disgusting or shocking about those women, i hope i look as good as that at their age!
as to the questions posed,
"To what extent do you find your standards of beauty influenced by the media? Like, really, when you think about it honestly?"
It is hard for me to answer this question because i fit well into today's standards of beauty. i am slim(size 0-2), 5'6" and about 110 lbs with 32c cups. I do find myself beautiful, but i don;t think that is because i fit with the standards. I can imagine myself being happy with my body with an entirely different body shape. I think it is more of an inner thing. I look in the mirror and see someone I love. the most important thing is being comfortable in your skin.
For women, do you compare yourself to other women, in the media and in real life?
I don't really compare myself. there's no point! i can admire a beautiful women, and yes, i do see women whose bodies and faces i find beautiful in ads, but i don;t go around thinking, ok, i want X's thighs, Y's abs, and Z's breasts...
Men, do women judge themselves/each other more harshly than men do?
I'm a women, but i realized only recently that men really care a lot less about the way you look compared to a beauty ideal than you and other women do...
What can be done to change the (IMHO dangerous) trend toward unattainable and unrealistic standards of beauty? I realize that some things are evolutionarily hard-wired, but most of our standards are socially constructed. How do we deconstruct them and rebuild them in a positive way?
ban photoshopped bodies in magazines. photoshop should be used in ads only to create special effects such as flying, but not to alter the appearance of the model.
also, madrid fashion week did a good thing in banning models they thought were TOO skinny. that generated so much publicity about the recent trends!
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