I don't know if this is the proper place to post this topic, but I'd thought I'd post it here.
I'd just like to know what a women should really look like, and what is sexually attractive. It seems everywhere I go, there's nothing but this fake, airbrushed images of women, whether it be on T.V, in movies, or advertisements. I know it's the media, and I doubt anything can be done about it, but I see so many young girls out there suffering with low self esteem, and going into a deep state of major depression, because they don't look like their favorite movie star or pop singer. As a sufferer of BDD, and knowing the hell one can go through with it, it's hard living in a world where sex sells, and where you're considered worth while if you're blond, busty and have a 24in waist.
I have an 11 year old cousin, and she's falling victim to this nonsense. I'm afraid she'll end up hurting herself. I cry when I see some girl who starves herself, because she wants to be thin, I know, I've been through it. I hurt when I hear about someone who committed suicide because they though they were ugly.
I see these young people everyday, some are going out and getting plastic surgery in their teens, just to look like "Jessica Simpson".
Sigh, what a world. We should focus on who a person is inside, and what they're capable of achieving, not their cup size.
My ultimate goal is to get my Ph.D, and I'm on my way to it, but even that doesn't help me feel better about myself.
We need to look beyond looks.