By: Valerie Evans
I read an article from The Daily News on July 27, 2009 that caught my eye; it was titled “Women are Getting Hotter.” My hopes for the article were that it would surpass my expectations of being another piece of writing focusing on women’s looks and outward appearances.
Though it had more substance than merely mentioning a woman’s features, it did not settle well with me. The Daily News spoke about how “Women are gradually becoming more attractive in an evolutionary “beauty race”, according to scientific research.” And from this research scientists have concluded “Beautiful women have more children than their plainer counterparts.” This was all in the first few sentences of the article. It made me question: since when did a woman’s physical appearance determine if she is beautiful or merely a “plainer counterpart?”
Ever since I was little, my parents have instilled in me the knowledge that a person’s beauty comes from within. That one’s intelligence, personality, and heart speak much louder than the sheer proportions and bone structure that hold a person together when determining beauty. How can we expect to better as a society if the media is continually presenting woman as objects, instead of intellectuals? In my opinion, scientific research stating “women are becoming more attractive as they are making more of an effort with their looks” is purely demeaning. I hope to see the media focus more on the women who display acts of kindness, determination for a better community, and standup for themselves and all woman nationwide.
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