It’s amazing how much pressure young girl’s experience. The
way girls dress can certainly be a results of their upbringing and
socioeconomic status, but it’s their exposure to generations that came before
them and how women are portrayed in the media. I can’t help but think that if
educators focused more on how young boys perceived young girls, girls wouldn’t feel
as much pressure to dress or act a certain way. Sax mentions that for men , sex
is about releasing and satisfying an urge and that sex is a driving force of a
relationship, and how women think the relationship drives the sex. The physical
focus men have on relationships can also influence young women to dress and act
different ways.
Regarding the cyberbubble, I think that both men and
women who have are active in social media
feel pressure to present themselves in a certain way. This is nothing new to me
or others I’m sure. Sax notes a response regarding Facebook content from a 17
year old girl. She stated that “It’s not about being authentic. It’s about
being cool.” I know I felt pressure to present myself a certain way and I still
do, even as an adult, online. Women have a much harder time with judgment
online. They want to be seen as fun but not out of control, independent and
strong but not seen as aggressive, and as beautiful, but not over sexualized. I
suppose men deal with balancing how they present themselves but not nearly to
the personal extent of women.
When
reading about body image in chapter 3, it seemed like a huge problem that was
being addressed was the use of will power to overcome hunger and other such
needs. It seemed that judging by the quotes, that women need to have the power
and control over how they look. This just supports the fact that there is so
much pressure from a woman’s environment that she feels out of control of herself.
Everyone needs to be in control of themselves. To give them the control they
want and need, society needs to come to an understanding that there is no
perfect person.
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