Prom is just around the thing and there is only one thing girl have been talking about: Pre-prom diets. What is it about prom that makes girl want to look so much better than every other day? I have to admit that I am 100% guilty of the pre-prom salads and nightly gym sessions. I have to say that between my friends and I, it is rare if at least one person doesn't bring up NEEDING to eat healthy, or expressing guilt before eating something delicious. In reality, I can't think of one friend, or even one girl at ASL who has any sort of weight issue. The Beauty Myth has me constantly questioning why my friends and I always want to be thinner and prettier. It seems crazy that the source of all our insecurities could be from the media. At this point, I am convinced that we, women, are the ones keeping the beauty myth alive.
In the chapter, "Beyond The Beauty Myth", Wolf talk about ways to get past the self-concious lifestyle that most women trap themselves in. Naomi Wolf brings up several of the same questions I have about the beauty myth and where it is headed in the future. She asks, "Can we extend that idea?" (the idea of the beauty myth) "Or are women the pliable sex, innately adapted to being shaped, cut, and subjected to physical invasion?" (270). Wolf goes on asking questions related to the beauty myth and how women view themselves for nearly a page longer, which reinforces the ridiculousness of how women view themselves. She asks, "Are women beautiful or aren't we?" (271). My answer to that question is that if a women feels beautiful then she is beautiful. I hope that all women can reach a point when they really feel beautiful in their own skin, and hopefully this beauty does not come about just because of a successful diet.
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