Challenge Activists Challenge Notions Of Beauty

Beauty is a tricky word. It is defined as many things. It can be someone attractive, it can be what’s on the inside, it can refer to a material thing, and it is used to refer to women. Women have always been left on the back burner of life in society, from not being able to vote, and getting paid seventy-seven cents for every dollar a man makes. Beauty is just another crippling competition in society for women. The limitations of the word beauty allows society to think women are just another pretty face, they can’t accomplish as much as men, and it causes many women’s self-esteem to be low.

Beauty is denoted early on when mothers and fathers tell their little girls how beautiful they are. It may seem harmless to tell little girls they are

It was said that “Women in our country do not know how to be women. They only want to be like, well men,” by a commenter ronbro51. This can be seen throughout society because women want to have the same amount of rights as men, they want to be treated equally, and don’t want their voice silenced. If this is being like a man, then every woman out there should aspire to be like men. This argument is not valid, because as stated earlier, “...men generally have a more positive body image than women…..if anything, they may tend to overestimate their attractiveness”(Fox, Mirror, Mirror). Given this, a man doesn’t understand how it feels to be over sexualized and be expected to look a certain way. Men do not know what it feels like to hate their reflection in the mirror, and try desperately to change it. For this reason, this argument is invalid, and also inconsiderate to women all over the world who are “complaining” because they want to be

Beauty shouldn’t be what others think about someone, it should be what people feel and think about themselves. The definition of beauty should not be how attractive physical appearances are, but how attractive a person’s soul, mind, and heart are. The definition of beauty has limitations that allow society to think women are just another pretty face, they can’t accomplish as much as men, and causes them to have low self-esteem. Elizabeth Kubler Ross once said, “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, sensitivity, and an understanding of life that feels them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” This being said, not everyone can be beautiful, and a beautiful person can't be