Ideals of Beauty

The idea of femininity is still really much decided among the male dominant power structure still present in almost every field in the United States. I understand in created entertainment, such as video games and comics, the men and the women will be created to an unachievable, physics to the average person. An example I find fitting for discussing male and female standards of “attractiveness” is displayed quite well in the comic “Power Girl” issue 7. In this issue, the most attractive male, Vartox, from the planet Valeron, chooses her to assist him in repopulating his home. At Valeron, Vartox was very attractive but to the standards and male ideals on Earth, Power Girl did not have the same attraction to him as he did her.

Even with a message that beauty is highly dependent on the other person’s opinions and their culture/society, women are still under the impression that plastic surgery can fix them or make them more desirable. These women don’t always do it for attracting men; they can also be doing it for themselves. I would argue that, if done for a man or for self, the main contributor is low self-esteem and misguided sense of beauty. Even with tons of polished and fake celebrities being sold to the public as the most attractive, that is subjective and an industry’s opinion in order to sell magazines, shows, and products. I feel as though most men prefer women that don’t have the “perfect body” because that is nice to look at but may not be someone you want to actually be with.

Here is a video that shows a compilation of people before and after their plastic surgeries.