The Beauty Of Beauty Standards - 1493 Words

Everywhere you look we have billboards, posters, ads, and magazines with images of beautiful people on them. It is these pictures that capture not only their physical perfection, but their delightful lives; the majority of them portraying females. Women full of happiness and sheer bliss including their super brilliant white teeth, long luscious hair, and sexy curves sending a message that if we can posses these attributes then we, too can have a satisfactory life. Beyoncà © recently addressed the issue of unattainable beauty standards, as well as the struggle for true happiness in her new song and music video â€Å"Pretty Hurts† where she depicts how obsessively hurtful it is to want to be perfect or the epitome of beauty. Surgeries becoming†¦show more content†¦These are dangerous extremes that can very rapidly become a health problem and life threatening. Obsession is a big problem according to Dr. Roxanne Guy, who is president of the American Society of Plastic S urgeons, some end up turning to plastic surgery in order â€Å"to fill an emotional need† (Allison Adato). When changing your appearance becomes an â€Å"emotional need† it has also become very dangerous. Happiness and self satisfaction should not be achievable only through drastic physical alterations. Beauty should never come at such a high cost when the infatuation with beauty becomes too much you stop enjoying life, it is not worth it. The restraining jacket she is wearing in the surgeon s room represents societies restraint on her from accepting who she is because society said so. It s ironic when they ask her what her â€Å"aspiration in life is† and she answers with happiness when up to now the video has shown her to be too preoccupied about her weight and appearance she forgets to enjoy much of anything. The thing that stood out the most was the label she wore around her body stating â€Å"miss 3rd ward† which â€Å" is a reference to the Houst on neighborhood where she grew up â€Å"(Lily Harrison) and what I interpreted as her not being good enough to be first place. In an interview Beyonce explains how â€Å"her message behind this album was finding the beauty in imperfection. I had this image of a trophy and me