Surgery
It won't be news to any of you that we are constantly bombarded with unhealthy images of female 'beauty.' To an extent, I will admit that guys can sometimes face pressure to look a certain way - but that pressure is nowhere near as prominent or widely accepted as the bias against women who do not conform to specific visual ideals.
I am not against plastic or cosmetic surgery. I think it is a miracle of modern science, and it can transform lives in many different ways - it's just the way it seems to be used so unneccessarily. Too often I see photo evidence of girls who were incredibly attractive to begin with, who have warped themselves into explicitly man-made creations. Did these women really believe they were so ugly to merit such an amount of surgery? Were they conditioned to think so?
A case in point is Megan Fox. The admittedly stunning Megan Fox - and here it's not my intention to bash her or call her hideous for what she's done. But just a few years ago, Megan Fox looked very different - this is clear. Remember these photos from FHM in her earlier days as a star?
To further illustrate the issue, here are some before/after pictures.
To be honest, it baffles me; Megan was astonishingly cute before the surgeries. But perhaps more disturbing is the impact her appearance has had on her career. She has sprung up from being a virtual unknown to the hottest chick in Hollywood - and this bears only on how she looks, not talent or intelligence. I don't presume to know how talented or intelligent Megan Fox may in fact be, but it's obvious how well her face and body have helped her achieve stardom. She has become every man's (or so it would seem) ultimate pin-up, and whilst a select few are immune to her charms, her 'hotness' is pretty much universally accepted. The odd thing about all this is that some men I have spoken to did not even notice the changes that took place (even between the first and second Transformers films). They appear simply zombified by how hot she is, and this is the only answer I ever receive from them. Are we so disaffected at this point?
The other reason I dislike what La Fox has done with herself is that it violently promotes the unnatural female form; and further adds pressure onto the average woman to look distinctly less natural. How can we possibly compete with these raging sexbots, when they encapsulate what (most) men seem to desire?