Chapter 5 focuses a lot on women and how much effort and reward we put on being beautiful. I believe that people should accept who they are because everyone is beautiful in they’re own ways. Our society does put way too much of an emphasis on beautiful people and we advertise it as pretty much the ultimate power. The more beautiful you are the easier it is too get what you want in life, etc. I don’t think any women should change who they are in order to make someone else happy because that’s just not a reason to change. On the other hand if a woman doesn’t like how much they weigh or what their nose looks like I don’t see the big deal about doing something about it. As long as the want is all your own and not intended to impress everyone else.
To me it’s all about being comfortable in your own body. Yeah maybe our society does give us images that are hard to live up to, but most people know this because we see thousands of people in our lifetimes and not many are as pretty as the ones in magazines or on TV. I’ve known people who are severely over weight and still have a really high self esteem because they’ve accepted who they are. They don’t need surgeries or to be stick skinny in order to find satisfaction in themselves. I’ve always been told that people see you as you see yourself. I tend to believe that there is some truth in that statement.
