Feigning Perfection

After watching the documentary Miss Representation, I feel as if I have been oblivious to the constant and outraging problems that women face on a daily basis. We've grown up in a society where we've been taught to become this stereotype of a person and that we all have role to fill. Movies, media and marketing all shape this role of who we are supposed to be and I have been oblivious to all of it until now.

Even as children, we were taught those ideals of 'perfection.'

Large movie corporations, such as Disney, have been portraying women as "damsels in distress" and as sexual objects, rather than real people. Many movies show the women as a certain stereotype and their stories will revolve around men. This also shapes the idea that men must be the dominant and powerful ones, eventually creating a violent relationship in our society. We have grown up seeing these women in films and seeing the way they are portrayed as a sexual object and because of this, we think that the only way to become beautiful and powerful is to be like the women in those films.

Marketers know this. They survive off of our insecurities and impossible dreams. While listening and seeing this in the documentary, I became shocked. Are brands really this evil? Do they really make us insecure, just so we would buy their products? This is horrible. What has our society turned into? We live off of the fear and insecurities of others just to make ourselves more successful. This twisted idea that everybody must be perfect to have power is sickening and is causing our ways of thinking to become toxic.

All men...

Even politics have become tainted by the stereotypes of men and women. We only see men as the ones who can rule and lead us and when a woman tries to run for a positions we only see her as an object. We see women who are running for power as "trying to steal the men's power." That idea is ridiculous! Women can't have power just for the sake of wanting to make a change and to become a leader? Because we have grown up in a society where men are the leaders and powerful ones, rather than the women, we can't see (or refuse to see) a future where women may be the leaders of our nation.

We are constantly changing our bodies and our personalities for the sake of finding 'perfection.' But, the rules of perfection are constantly changing and morphing into something different or more extreme. We're willing to go so far to become this definition of 'perfection' to feel more powerful and comfortable. But, the only reason we don't feel powerful is because society says we aren't, unless we can gain that 'perfection.' This is all very mind bending to be and I feel as if I am making everything so much more confusing.

What are your thoughts on this topic? We're you oblivious to all of this, just as I was?

I hope you have a nice day and let me know what you think in the comments!