Unrealistic Expectations Of Young Women

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When in the course of human events, it became necessary for me to pull myself away from the unrealistic expectations young women are expected to present. As a young, impressionable woman I feel attacked by social media, and others unwanted opinions that they may hold. Us woman deserve to go about are days without being bombarded with other men or women telling us how to present ourselves. I am a person, I am just like you. I deserve to express myself as I wish, and act how I wish whether you like it or not. I don’t go about my day telling you how to dress, act, look, etc. I deserve to be loved on behalf of who I am from the inside, not what is shown on the outside. I want to be able to walk down the street without seeing glares of disapproval or …show more content…

Men think it is their duty to find a broken, insecure woman and fix them. I’m not a princess waiting to be saved, I can save myself. I’ve sculpted my life all these years just to look like the next girl. I didn’t want to be different, that terrified me. In a way I just wanted to blend in with all the other young girls who wore all of the latest fashions. Because that’s what was acceptable to do, that’s what the boys liked, right? Well, I don’t care anymore. As being my own harshest critic, it’s difficult to deal with other criticism on top of it. I can’t escape from it, as I am avidly on social media and see pages dedicated on how to change yourself. There’s even YouTube videos titled “What Boys Don’t Like About Girls”. Young girls take this very seriously and start becoming insecure about themselves at a young age. They’re afraid their overweight, or they look ugly because they have a couple pimples. People don’t realize how much of a negative affect their comments can make. I intend to follow my own conscious, and to fulfil my own wants and needs in order to make myself happy. As they say, life is short. I don’t want to surround myself around unnecessary negativity any

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