Beauty
So last night I went to Hooters with Eric and some people from Delta Sonic. It was a good time, but I hate Hooters, not the restaurant but the cultural message. I know some people have a problem with girls walking around in small outfits using their sex appeal to make money. Personally, I do not. Even when I went to the strip club, I think the way those girls make their money is perfectly legit. In fact, I enjoyed seeing the power women have over men. That's not the part I have a problem with.
My problem is the girls that are picked to work at Hooters. Some of the waitresses were very attractive, but others were not. Some girls literally looked deformed because they were so skinny with huge boobs. It really looked like they were going to fall over. Their legs were so small that they looked like the legs of a little girl. I do not find that attractive. I'm a big fan of the push-up bra, but these girls had their boobs pushed up so high and so close together that it looked like it hurt. Why can't their breasts just chill out in their natural position? And why do the girls have to be so tan? They looked so processed and fake.
I thought society was pulling away from this? To be beautiful you do not have to looked deformed. You do not need to look like a plastic doll. Not only does Hooters need to update their outfits (white bunchy socks that go mid-calf), but they also need to update their view of beauty. Will these girls still be considered the measuring stick of beauty when they have skin cancer all over their bodies? Or when they are dying because their implants are poisoning their bodies? The only credit I can give Hooters was that most of the waitresses were brunettes. I'm glad the world is finally seeing that peroxide isn't needed to be beautiful.
Why can't beauty reflect health? These girls were not healthy. When one of the waitresses started running towards the cake we had and pretending to shove it in her face, I realized that she probably hadn't had a piece of cake in a long time. Those girls have to starve themselves to fit into those outfits. I'm not going to mention any names, but one of the girls that works there is known outside of the restaurant, and it's known that she has an eating disorder (as well as breast implants). Why should I try to look like her if she has an eating disorder? That is not beautiful. That is ugly.
I think the plus size model revolution is almost making it worse. I'm glad that society can embrace another body type, but again, this type is not healthy. Some of those models are so large that they are facing health problems because of it. Did you know that some plus size models are turned away because they are not big enough?
Why must we go to extremes to be beautiful? I will never be skinny enough to look like a Hooters girl or a model, but I will never be big enough to be a plus size model. Does that mean that I'm not of any worth? Will I ever be considered beautiful?
I will never get cosmetic surgery (unless I get into an accident or get breast cancer or something), because I refuse to let society and its messages make me feel less of myself. I am me, and nothing more, and that alone should make me beautiful.
I don't like feminists, and I think they need to lighten up and take a joke once is a while, but I also feel strongly about certain feminist issues, such as this one. I guess I am the anti-feminist feminist. Don't hate.
My problem is the girls that are picked to work at Hooters. Some of the waitresses were very attractive, but others were not. Some girls literally looked deformed because they were so skinny with huge boobs. It really looked like they were going to fall over. Their legs were so small that they looked like the legs of a little girl. I do not find that attractive. I'm a big fan of the push-up bra, but these girls had their boobs pushed up so high and so close together that it looked like it hurt. Why can't their breasts just chill out in their natural position? And why do the girls have to be so tan? They looked so processed and fake.
I thought society was pulling away from this? To be beautiful you do not have to looked deformed. You do not need to look like a plastic doll. Not only does Hooters need to update their outfits (white bunchy socks that go mid-calf), but they also need to update their view of beauty. Will these girls still be considered the measuring stick of beauty when they have skin cancer all over their bodies? Or when they are dying because their implants are poisoning their bodies? The only credit I can give Hooters was that most of the waitresses were brunettes. I'm glad the world is finally seeing that peroxide isn't needed to be beautiful.
Why can't beauty reflect health? These girls were not healthy. When one of the waitresses started running towards the cake we had and pretending to shove it in her face, I realized that she probably hadn't had a piece of cake in a long time. Those girls have to starve themselves to fit into those outfits. I'm not going to mention any names, but one of the girls that works there is known outside of the restaurant, and it's known that she has an eating disorder (as well as breast implants). Why should I try to look like her if she has an eating disorder? That is not beautiful. That is ugly.
I think the plus size model revolution is almost making it worse. I'm glad that society can embrace another body type, but again, this type is not healthy. Some of those models are so large that they are facing health problems because of it. Did you know that some plus size models are turned away because they are not big enough?
Why must we go to extremes to be beautiful? I will never be skinny enough to look like a Hooters girl or a model, but I will never be big enough to be a plus size model. Does that mean that I'm not of any worth? Will I ever be considered beautiful?
I will never get cosmetic surgery (unless I get into an accident or get breast cancer or something), because I refuse to let society and its messages make me feel less of myself. I am me, and nothing more, and that alone should make me beautiful.
I don't like feminists, and I think they need to lighten up and take a joke once is a while, but I also feel strongly about certain feminist issues, such as this one. I guess I am the anti-feminist feminist. Don't hate.