Media plays a huge role in the perceptions of these ideas. Often times, due to media, our brains perceive the psychological effects of beauty standards. While some say, these models look anorexic, while others find them really attractive.
The beauty standards revealed in the pages of fashion magazines and TV are nearly impossible to achieve. This is something that no average woman can achieve in her daily life. This is because most of the fashion products are meant to suit the tall and skinny supermodels making it one of the most prevalent psychological effects of beauty standards. But how does fashion have to do anything with how we feel about our bodies?įashion advertising and fashion in itself can very much shape how we feel about our bodies. The fashion industry, however, is changing according to the changing beauty standards.
Push up bras, bustiers, pantyhose, stockings, and corsets all are designed to get that ideal body. The fashion industry, on the other hand, manufacture products that define the” perfect” body. It is a shame that these industries spend millions of dollars in promoting something practically impossible to achieve, creating several psychological impacts. This industry feeds on our insecurities and benefits the most from the dissatisfaction with ourselves. A large part of the industry is based on the insecurities we have about our face, skin, and body. Therefore beauty standards totally depend on the place you come from.īeauty industries, however, implant a different type of beauty standards in our mind.
So what is considered overweight in the US is desirable and wanted somewhere else. In Fiji, women with large and chubby bodies are deemed to be attractive. These variations often decide the roles of men and women in society.įor example, for fertile women, broad hips and ample breasts are considered to be beautiful. With this, we forget the fact that beauty standards are arbitrary, and they vary from one culture to another.
The images of ideal beauty are bombarding us every day. You should have a beautiful heart and soul to truly define beauty. Every human being on this Earth is unique, and hence everyone is beautiful. Every color is beautiful, every body type is gorgeous, and every face is beautiful. It should not be a forced concept that the outside world puts on you. The most important thing is that beauty comes from within. Other major psychological effects of beauty standards are that we try to fit into someone else’s definition rather than realizing our own worth. It basically depends on one’s own perception. But the truth is the concept of beauty can be different for different people, culture, and society. But when we try to fit into someone else’s definition of beauty, do we understand what beauty really is?īeauty, as the society normalizes it, is having flawless skin, perfect body, and living up to the beauty standards we see in the movies, magazines of beauty pageants. We use several beauty products to hide what we naturally have and what we don’t like. Every day we look into the mirror, thinking that we could change so many things if we really could.