This post is dedicated to my feelings about the past couple class periods. I was very impressed by our lesson in class about gender and media. I was amazed by just how much the media strives to promote the ideal of what men and women should look like and be like. Women are left feeling like they will never be beautiful because they will never compare to the unrealistic ideal of beauty that is shown in the media. These images that we see on a daily basis are not real, and in reality striving for physical beauty is not that important. Like Professor Coyne said, there will come a day when we will have gray hair and wrinkles. We will not have the 25 year-old bodies that we do now. When that day comes, I hope that we can see that we are of great worth because of who we truly are—because of the talents we have developed, the knowledge we have gained, the people we have helped, and the many other things that we have accomplished. Young women today should feel that they have the power to achieve and be whatever they want. Ultimately, I hope that I can always remember that my value comes from my divine nature as daughter of God.
It's very true. Our worth comes from knowing that we are children of God. How differently we would act if we always remembered that!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your thoughts! it's so true. We need to remember how very much we are loved by our creator and father above. If we could always remember that, our lives would be filled with more joy and less comparisons.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your post! It is so true. We are loved the most by God and if we can always remember that we could feel so different in a positive way!
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