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The document discusses issues around beauty standards and body image, particularly for women and girls. It states that views on beauty have been influenced by different countries and cultures over time, as well as current social media. Social media can negatively impact women's self-esteem by promoting narrow beauty standards. The author argues that beauty means different things to different people, and women should not feel they need to change themselves or sacrifice their identity to meet social or cultural standards of beauty.
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The document discusses issues around beauty standards and body image, particularly for women and girls. It states that views on beauty have been influenced by different countries and cultures over time, as well as current social media. Social media can negatively impact women's self-esteem by promoting narrow beauty standards. The author argues that beauty means different things to different people, and women should not feel they need to change themselves or sacrifice their identity to meet social or cultural standards of beauty.
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I

were raised with different


views and perspectives about
how we should define beauty.
For me, it really comes in all
shapes and sizes as well as all
the colors and complexions.
Being a
teenager, social media is
affecting me on how I view
different social issues like
beauty standards.
Being a woman or girl, I am
strongly against those people
who set these beauty standards
and
those who believe it. We are all
different. Every woman is
different. We should not change
how a
woman choose her clothes, how
a woman speak or how a
woman should be just to fit in
the
beauty standards of social
media. It is okay if you want to
fit in with their standards but do
not
change just to feel belong in the
society.
We were conquered by different
countries and they influenced us
on how we think and
view what a beautiful woman is.
There were many standards set
on that time that we know and
prolonged. When the time
passed by, people’s perspective
and standard on beauty also
changed.
Social media will cause us harm
or good things. It has
advantages and disadvantages.
It
has good and bad side.
Having these beauty
standards will certainly
affect a woman’s self
esteem. We know how the
social media world works and
we know how cruel the people
can be.
Harsh words and harsh opinions
can cause trauma to the one
they are referring to. It can
cause a
woman to have low self esteem
and lose her confidence.
I learned through this term
paper that beauty is not for
people to decide its meaning.
We
have different views and
opinion on how we think of
what really is beauty. It is
saddening that
our country and this generation
have a beauty standard because
of social media. We must
educate
ourselves and other people. One
word can affect one’s life for a
long time. We must respect and
value women because they are
strong and powerful. We must
not belittle them because
they
deserve the same and equal
rights like the men have. I want
the reader to learn what I
learned. It
is important to know what
is the meaning of beauty
for you and you should
respect other
people’s definition of it. After
all, we must not sacrifice who
we are just to fit in the society
but
remain and love yourself
We were raised with different
views and perspectives about
how we should define beauty.
For me, it really comes in all
shapes and sizes as well as all
the colors and complexions.
Being a
teenager, social media is
affecting me on how I view
different social issues like
beauty standards.
Being a woman or girl, I am
strongly against those people
who set these beauty standards
and
those who believe it. We are all
different. Every woman is
different. We should not change
how a
woman choose her clothes, how
a woman speak or how a
woman should be just to fit in
the
beauty standards of social
media. It is okay if you want to
fit in with their standards but do
not
change just to feel belong in the
society.
We were conquered by different
countries and they influenced us
on how we think and
view what a beautiful woman is.
There were many standards set
on that time that we know and
prolonged. When the time
passed by, people’s perspective
and standard on beauty also
changed.
Social media will cause us harm
or good things. It has
advantages and disadvantages.
It
has good and bad side.
Having these beauty
standards will certainly
affect a woman’s self
esteem. We know how the
social media world works and
we know how cruel the people
can be.
Harsh words and harsh opinions
can cause trauma to the one
they are referring to. It can
cause a
woman to have low self esteem
and lose her confidence.
I learned through this term
paper that beauty is not for
people to decide its meaning.
We
have different views and
opinion on how we think of
what really is beauty. It is
saddening that
our country and this generation
have a beauty standard because
of social media. We must
educate
ourselves and other people. One
word can affect one’s life for a
long time. We must respect and
value women because they are
strong and powerful. We must
not belittle them because
they
deserve the same and equal
rights like the men have. I want
the reader to learn what I
learned. It
is important to know what
is the meaning of beauty
for you and you should
respect other
people’s definition of it. After
all, we must not sacrifice who
we are just to fit in the society
but
remain and love yourself
We were raised with different
views and perspectives about
how we should define beauty.
For me, it really comes in all
shapes and sizes as well as all
the colors and complexions.
Being a
teenager, social media is
affecting me on how I view
different social issues like
beauty standards.
Being a woman or girl, I am
strongly against those people
who set these beauty standards
and
those who believe it. We are all
different. Every woman is
different. We should not change
how a
woman choose her clothes, how
a woman speak or how a
woman should be just to fit in
the
beauty standards of social
media. It is okay if you want to
fit in with their standards but do
not
change just to feel belong in the
society.
We were conquered by different
countries and they influenced us
on how we think and
view what a beautiful woman is.
There were many standards set
on that time that we know and
prolonged. When the time
passed by, people’s perspective
and standard on beauty also
changed.
Social media will cause us harm
or good things. It has
advantages and disadvantages.
It
has good and bad side.
Having these beauty
standards will certainly
affect a woman’s self
esteem. We know how the
social media world works and
we know how cruel the people
can be.
Harsh words and harsh opinions
can cause trauma to the one
they are referring to. It can
cause a
woman to have low self esteem
and lose her confidence.
I learned through this term
paper that beauty is not for
people to decide its meaning.
We
have different views and
opinion on how we think of
what really is beauty. It is
saddening that
our country and this generation
have a beauty standard because
of social media. We must
educate
ourselves and other people. One
word can affect one’s life for a
long time. We must respect and
value women because they are
strong and powerful. We must
not belittle them because
they
deserve the same and equal
rights like the men have. I want
the reader to learn what I
learned. It
is important to know what
is the meaning of beauty
for you and you should
respect other
people’s definition of it. After
all, we must not sacrifice who
we are just to fit in the society
but
remain and love yourself
According to Lee G,. (2016) Relationship between body image and identity is one of the

hallmarks of young adult literature. Despite the advances made by various feminist

movements, “[G]irls’ lives are still adversely affected by social pressure to adhere to an

ideal standard of beauty,” says Beth Younger. This obsession with weight and appearance
is a heady mixture of information overload, media portrayal, and an overall propensity

for obesity in the past decades due to a number of complicating factors: food production,

environmental factors, epigenetic research, and changes in lifestyles. Young adult or YA

stories are also part of this continuous portrayal of female bodies as either acceptable or

marginal, or even reversing our notions of either concept. In the Philippines, these stories

feature female protagonists who consider their appearances, though not necessarily their

weight and body shape and size, important enough that the text considers and

acknowledges their appearances as part of their struggle to be accepted within certain

social spheres.

Lee G., (2016) “The Word of the Body: Depictions of Positive Body Image In Philippine

Young Adult Literature”

https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/phr/article/view/5678

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