The Pressure of Society

I've noticed that the pressure of society can literally take a person (celebrity) and completely morph them into what they "should look like." Naomi Wolf is a famous author who gave this a name: "The Beauty Myth." The beauty consists of 5 parts:

• Skinny is Beautiful
• Aging is not Beautiful
• Beauty is Godliness
• Beauty is Natural and the Result of Evolution
• Beauty is Objective and Universal

This theory may be hard to grasp because sometimes we subconsciously let the media effect our every day lives. We give into the pressures and buy the products to makes us "beautiful." I often find myself succumbing to these pressures and expectations. Two major examples of seeing the beauty myth put into effect are reality stars Susan Boyle and Kate Gosselin. We over look their good qualities such as their voice, or the fact that they are a good mother because of the way they look. Since being on TV as you can see their appearance drastically has changed.