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Originally Posted by JinnKai
Do not confuse your inability to separate yourself from your media influences with a universal inability to do so. I do not have difficulty if you say that media influences YOUR idea of beauty 100%, but you cannot claim that this is 'our' position.
Furthermore, it is not a delusion to acknowledge that you can seperate yourself from your external influences. I believe the most defining characteristic of a strong individual is their ability to filter external stimuli and determine it's relevance to their internal consciousness.
The power of mass media is certainly strong, but making the argument that we are hapless pawns to the power of the media gives no credit to individuals who are able to exercise their understanding of themselves and a determined sense of self control.
And oops.. I meant "different," not difficult. :-D
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But aren't our choices of what we think is beautiful limited by the choices of media? In other words, if we were shown only women who looked like Cass Elliot and men who resembled Ned Beatty and told that this is the standard of beauty to follow, wouldn't at least some of our ideas be skewed in that direction? Granted, there are many who do think that such are beautiful externally and it's not our duty to inform them otherwise...but...I think you'd see a lot of women trying to gain poundage; Reubenesque was the ideal 100 years ago-not because of some evolutionary thought process, but because that is what was
shown to be sensual through art and the media of the day.