Am I the only one who wants women to stop injecting stuff into their faces? I beg them to stop injecting things into their faces and to stop wearing stupid-ass long eyelashes that don’t look good on anyone. They literally look like a beat-up Snuffleupagus. I don’t understand it. It doesn’t look good. It looks ridiculous! And with the fake hair, the hair extensions (that look like horse hair), and the butt implants, it’s all the most absurd thing I’ve seen in my life. I’m having difficulty wrapping my head around what caused this to happen so fast.
In the past ten years, I’ve witnessed a swift and mass push for women to alter their natural looks. Many women are abusing what plastic surgery was intended for. What seemed to be taboo or the celebrity Hollywood thing to do has come down the pipeline into American culture for many women. I know so many friends getting Botox, lip injections, nose jobs, and talking about getting work done because of insecurities.
The airbrush culture in the late 2000s has been called out for setting unrealistic beauty standards. At the same time, a parallel in glorifying BBLs, body, and face transformations for purely aesthetic reasons occurred. Social media and prominent corporate media platforms now provide a spotlight for those who get work done and subsequently create unrealistic beauty standards for many young females to consume.
And with all of the filters, the resulting scenarios are almost like catfishing, making a woman look beautiful, chiseled, thin, and perfect. If she showed up for a date with me, I would be pissed at what she really looks like. Further, these women need to stop seeking so much attention by taking off their clothes and showing themselves on social media. Yeah, you’re hot. Congratulations. But it’s not what it’s all about.
Aside from the lying & gaslighting that comes from celebrities who get plastic surgery, the unrealistic beauty standards they promote to large sets of impressionable audiences are concerning. Massive body dysmorphia & mental illness among people (especially teenagers) have happened as they compare themselves to post-op faces and bodies. Imagine the epidemic of eating disorders, depression, and surgery (with some botched) that may happen when they hit 30+ if they can’t snap out of it.
It’s alarming when 20-somethings start dramatically changing their faces to look unnaturally “snatched.” I simply don’t like lip fillers. Someone with really small lips aiming for an average size looks great. But normal-sized lips going big like Kylie Jenner looks silly because now the lips are not proportionate to the rest of the face. People born with big lips have matching facial proportions.
Another point is that everyone should look how they want to look and do what makes them feel good, but when everyone has the same fox eye, high cheekbones, and puffy lips, I get dystopian vibes. Think about the beauty standard seen among celebrities, influencers, and social media moguls – they all look the same. We are seeing people in real life getting these features, and I am concerned about how our society’s idea of beauty will be impacted.
I don’t think the surgery itself is the problem; the problem is how social media is rotting the minds of young women, girls, and even kids regarding beauty standards. The topic is complicated because there’s no good way of telling how much of this is what someone wants and how much they were taught to want. But women have always been disproportionately targeted in this regard.
The source of the insecurities is a significant point. People should be able to do whatever makes them happier as long as it doesn’t hurt others. But if people are changing their bodies because social media, television, movies, or whatever sent a message to them that they are ugly, then there is a problem, not with the people modifying their bodies but with media making them believe they have to.
Being a good person and developing yourself as an individual is what it’s about. Women need to figure out what makes them happy — even though she may be getting attention, it won’t make her happy. I highly doubt taking off your clothes for simps on Instagram makes anyone truly happy. Get back your dignity and self-respect, women. Stop trying to make you something that you’re not.
What happened to just being okay with being yourself? Sure, wear makeup. A little smoky eye makes everybody look a little sassier. I get it. A little lip gloss and lipstick, of course. But this ridiculous thing going on right now is insane to me. Beautiful young women with no need for injecting anything into their faces are trying to live up to arbitrary standards or expectations. Let yourself age gracefully by caring for yourself, including your skin, hair, and body.
Looks will fade, which are just superficial and front-facing anyway. Age gracefully. There’s nothing wrong with getting older. Take care of yourself so you look great for a long time. Eat nutritiously, don’t drink, don’t smoke, and don’t do things to damage your body or skin … or even your integrity.
I wish women would return to the days of women just being beautiful because they are. There’s no need to stick stuff in their faces. I will continue to promote and encourage accepting ourselves as who we are, but with the power of today’s platforms, it may be a beast that cannot be tamed. Gentlemen, if you are with me that women need to stop with the nasty, fake stuff, share this with your female friends to let them know.
