Women are too focused on meeting social standards while men do not care about how they appear to others. Most men think their appearance is around average. Normally, they don’t care about how they look to others or what others think about them. On the other hand, no matter what they are told by family and friends, women tend to think of themselves as ugly. They have low self esteem due to media standards and grow up believing they have to look like a Barbie, society’s twisted version of perfection. Barry commented, “Girls grow up playing with a doll proportioned such that, if it were human, it would be seven feet tall and weigh 81 pounds… of which 53 would be bosoms” (Barry par. 5). This is a social standard that women feel they need to meet. In contrast, men would never compare themselves to others; they would never change their appearance to please the public. Men don’t seem to care what the social standards have to say, and they are comfortable with the way they look. Obviously, men and women see themselves differently and women are much more uncomfortable with with what they see.
Works Cited
Barry, Dave. "The Ugly Truth About Beauty." Miami Herald. Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 1998. Web. 15 Oct. 2016.
Barry, Dave. "The Ugly Truth About Beauty." Miami Herald. Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 1998. Web. 15 Oct. 2016.