When it comes to men and women magazines, the images and articles are quite different. Picture perfect is an appropriate phrase when it comes to the women on the front covers. These women are so airbrushed that you might as well use a computer generated model on the front instead. Unless it’s a magazine on health and fitness, there isn’t too much concern on how in shape the guy is because if he isn’t up to the physical standards they simply put a shirt on him. He isn’t pressured into crash dieting or hitting the gym relentlessly in order to squeeze into an unrealistically small bikini in order to make it on the front cover.
The articles that go along with women magazines tend to focus on appearance. They offer tips like how to make your skin look younger or what to wear to make you look thinner. Magazines push women to strive towards unrealistic goals when it comes to appearance. I mean older women shouldn’t have to worry about how young their skin looks and disguise their age. Why is that something to be ashamed of? And girls in their twenties and thirties and maybe even younger shouldn’t have to fear looking at a scale or count calories. Talk about a pain and a waste. I think that magazine supply random insecurities to women and girls when they look at their covers. They promote articles like how to make your pores smaller. Then that gets you thinking things like, “Crap I have to worry about pore size now?” or “What’s considered large pores and have I been walking around looking like an idiot with huge pores?” In reality, who looks at your pores and who is getting close enough to look at your pores? Better yet, who cares? Guys are not worried about how big or small your pores are or which hair styles fit your facial structure.
Magazines push women in girls into worrying about ridiculous beauty ideas while male magazines focus on which video game is the must have of the week. It’s an unfair inequality and I feel that magazines really push these unrealistic expectations
Very good, I like that you mentioned about the older generation worrying about their appearance. By the way, I am a guy and do worry about my appearance and my hair.
ReplyDeleteI too feel as though insecurities are supplied by magazines, though there aren't as many for men, I believe magazines are starting realize that men's insecurities are just as easily manipulated or supplied.
ReplyDeletei agree with you 100% it is not fair the way magazines make people look "perfect" and people buy it and think that they need to be that way as well i also agree with your simply put "who cares" statement makes perfect sense.
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