What is the Problem?

In the video above, Emily Zheng lays out the underlying issues that young women face everyday when they look in the mirror.  In the Ted talk above, she makes several interesting points including the point that follows, “To main stream media. By acquitting a woman’s worth to her body, you are telling her that her humanity does not matter.  You are telling her that starvation and plastic surgery are simply how to get ahead.  You are telling her that she is simply skin….”.  This is the problem in today’s society that we are here to address.  We, as a society, allow media to tell both young men and women, our children, and future generations that there is a certain way that they need to look to be attractive and acceptable to society.  Since there is no way to actually achieve the body that is to be considered ideal, body shaming, surgery, and picture adjustment (Photoshop) seems like the easy way out.

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