Breaking Free from the Beauty Mold: Embracing Our Unique and Authentic Selves
Do we humans have a template that shows how we should look to be classified as beautiful in today’s society?
Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Four networks where millions of people can share their perfect looks, fine clothes and flawless lives.
I scroll and see pictures of posing tall guys with abs, freshly cut hairdos and veins on their arms.
The second post shows pin-thin girls with big breasts, round bottoms and small waists. Those individuals without these physical characteristics then, what happens to them?
All people have their own unique features and therefore should not follow the same ideal of beauty. I think the standards of beauty on social media are unacceptable and therefore should not exist!
First of all, people who are completely identical do not exist, and this also applies to identical twins.
That’s what Mattias Isaksson thinks in the article Where is the line for who is a sibling? (01–01–2007).
Twins who developed from the same egg during fetal development have identical genetic makeup, but will not have exactly the same physical appearance.
This is because different genes are differently active in each individual body, which is called the epigenetic code.
This biological process cannot be controlled, which makes all of us humans look different.
Some people have short legs, others have longer legs, and some people may have no legs at all. Hence, not all individuals should look up to beauty ideals.
Secondly, scrolling through social media takes up both energy and time.
Every time we humans surf the web, we are constantly taking in information, but is it really necessary?
The daily posts from different trendsetters fill our feeds and they write about how they got the perfect waist or shiny hair with a couple of specific products, which doesn’t have to be true.
Influencers don’t always have to tell the truth about what they think about the products they advertise, which can be described as false marketing.
Being an influencer is usually a paying job and their purpose is to get viewers to consume.
The result can be that the consumers have now wasted a large amount of money on products, without getting the promising results that the influencers called for.
However, a large number of people have a full-time job on social media and they must be able to support themselves.
The same goes for models, actors and other people who work under the spotlight.
Requirements may then arise, such as having a lower body weight or a specific appearance for a recording.
Thanks to these professions, we consumers get extra entertainment in our free time and can watch movies, series or commercials whenever we feel like it.
Annica Lundbäck states in the article 4 out of 10 models can have eating disorders (11–02–2011) that a huge part of all models can have some form of eating disorder.
According to the article, three models must have died due to anorexia nervosa, which is a form of self-starvation.
Another type of eating disorder mentioned in the article is bulimia, which is a form of binge eating followed by vomiting.
I believe this is not only dangerous, but also risky and life-threatening for the people who admire the skinny models.
This is because life-threatening beauty ideals can arise on social media, which in turn leads to other individuals suffering from eating disorders and can then have enormous health risks.
This can then result in death.
In conclusion, ideals of beauty should not be allowed to exist.
All individuals have their own unique bodies and this also applies to identical twins. In addition, it takes time and energy to scroll through social media, which also contains some fake marketing from influencers.
However, many individuals work with being actors and models, which can provide us viewers with entertaining movies and series.
However, ideal images of what these models and actors should look like can lead to eating disorders.
Examples of eating disorders are bulimia and anorexia nervosa, which are diseases that can result in serious health risks or death.
Therefore, I believe that ideals of beauty should be removed.
Sources:
-Isaksson Mattias (2007). Var går gränsen för vem som är syskon?. Artikel.https://fof.se/artikel/2007/1/var-gar-gransen-for-vem-som-ar-syskon/ (Hämtad 03–03–2023)
- Lundbäck Annica (2011). 4 av 10 modeller kan ha ätstörningar. Artikel.https://www.aftonbladet.se/relationer/a/ng1Kb5/4-av-10-modeller-kan-ha-atstorningar (Hämtad 15–03–2023)
This is one of my argumentative texts.
