Different beauty standards

                                                 

    Today I watched a video called “Comfortable” and I could not help but be amazed with it. In the video, adults and children are asked what they would change about their bodies, if they could only change one thing. On one hand, adults mentioned lots of things that they did not like from their bodies. On the other hand, children just answered things that they would add to their bodies such as wings and other fantastical superpowers. The point is that children did not see imperfections in their bodies, thus they did not want to change anything; whereas adults wanted to modify their bodies in order to fit with the beauty standards that our society inculcates us.

   This video is a good source to reflect on. Unfortunately most of us do not feel comfortable with our bodies in a society that prizes unrealistic images. The truth is that most of us want to have a smaller nose, blue eyes, longer hair, etc. Definitely this attitude is as a consequence of the beauty standards that we have. Not only do we compare ourselves to supermodels but we have countless social media friends to compare ourselves to. However I think that it is time to unleash ourselves from what we believe to be the objectivity of beauty because it is not natural.

    In my opinion this video just shows us the insecurities that adults might have. Actually we should be thankful for our bodies because of all the things that these allow us to do. We should think about how blessed we are to have hands, arms, legs, etc. Furthermore, we should be thankful for being healthy.  Sometimes we forget about all the things that our body lets us do, because we spend so much time obsessing over the aspects of our body that we can’t change. But it is up to us to be comfortable with our bodies and to accept us the way we are. All those qualities that we want to change are those that make us beautifully different.

     It would be great if we would change our perspective of beauty and we would see it with the innocence and purity children see it. I consider it is time to picture our minds what we feel beauty should be. Rather than think of a determined shape, we should decide on our standard. Better yet, I propose to think of beauty as an attitude, as confidence and as character.