How do you feel about this kind of altering of photos of models and celebrities or who-ever loves changing their looks using Filters, Photoshop etch... I found myself a couple times looking at photos going wow IF ONLY! Do you agree with those who want to label retouched images like these because they may promote unrealistic expectations of appropriate body image and contribute to eating disorders?
Why or why not?
Do Photoshopped Images Make You Feel Bad About Your Own Looks?
I think photoshopped images of perfectly wonderful looking people creates an ideal that no one can attain. Do they make me feel bad about myself? No, because they aren't real. Do they make other people feel bad? Yeah I'd say so.
The problem is that these images make real bodies seem less attractive. I also don't understand why we must put out the "best image". Take Eva Longoria for example. The woman is beautiful, she's gorgeous just the way she is but she gets photoshopped to look slightly slimmer, her boobs slightly bigger, her skin totally flawless and slightly more tanned... so what we're seeing is almost an artists' interpretation of Eva, how they think she could look better... but there was NOTHING wrong with Eva in the first place... we're not seeing real people, we're seeing images that are based on real humans. I think it's sad that even these beautiful women with their gorgeous bodies and looks... even these women aren't good enough. And who decides what IS sexy enough? Not us... but we all buy into it.
Nah, I truly from the bottom of my heart do not care. This is probably because I don't idolize beauty. Many women and young females worship beauty like it's some type of God, some teacher to take notes from, and their self-worth crumbles if everyone doesn't give them an A+. There's this obsessive adoration over beauty and reaching beauty. Idolatry is bad for you. I don't need a picture to make me feel beautiful because I aim for that beauty that could still be seen by a blind man.
I have noticed I was that way, was always worried about how I look and how people see me, but since I started accepting myself and just really be myself I noticed my view of things also changed. so I was just wondering. thanks for your opinion!
I think we've all been there at some point but it's so important to unchain our minds from that. At the end of the day, life is more about what you can do, what you can contribute, and how you can impact the lives of others, not how nice you look in a picture
Everyone knows they're photoshopped so who cares anymore?
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Ha, as if women have it hard. All you have to be is skinny, while guys have to have ripped pecs, a 6 pack, a v-line, big and veiny biceps/triceps/forearms to be considered as models.
Yeah and that's dumb cause Barbie did a fuck load of things for feminism. She was an astronaut and president etc. I wasn't a kid who played with Barbies, I preferred He Man but there's nothing unfemenist about Barbie.
I didn't think much about Barbie's body as a young child. It was not until people started to tell me I would have a 'barbie body' at age nine. These comments were from grown women. I was wondering why people were comparing their bodies to a toy...
@Blonde401 Exactly. Leave the kids alone and don't mention anything like that to them. If you mention something like that to them then they will start paying attention to it. I didn't care about her body until my aunt mentioned it :/
@helloitsmethere same with me... I also didn't care about my body till someone told me as a kid I am starting to get fat. I am not even fat. Just got the curves on at the right places.
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