Most of us have realized through magazines, television shows, advertisements, commercials, movies, and every other media influence around, that today's society portrays a beautiful woman as a person who has a perfect body, hair, skin, and wardrobe. Some new insight has been gained after reading the article Beauty bug bites Beirut’s little ones which is about young girls in Lebanese, as young as the age of seven, who are obsessed with looking and feeling great. They do this by keeping up with their manicures, pedicures, facials, hair treatments, and wardrobes at the spa. Yes, you heard me correctly, seven year old KIDS are obsessed with the spa and the sad thing is the mothers of these daughters encourage this. Both the mothers and daughters believe that these spa experiences are teaching the daughters hygiene and how to take care of themselves. The mothers believe it will help them develop more self confidence. A Lebanese anthropologist said, "It might also make them fit as future brides, to fit the norm as someone who has her hair in order, her nails done... someone who is marriageable. It is survival in competition for a man." This is what they are training their daughters to do.
For crying out loud we are talking about seven year old girls who should be playing with barbies and baby dolls, and not being concerned about their appearance in search for a husband! Yes, hygiene is definitely important but this article explains how hygiene has been taken to a whole new level. This article clearly explains why young females develop eating disorders, low self esteem and depression because unfortunately they may not be able to live up to society's expectations. So much pressure is being put on young girls to look a certain way that they cannot even be kids and enjoy their childhood. This way of life is also teaching the girls to judge others by their appearance which is completely opposite as to what God would want us to do. We are to look at a person's heart and not what they look like on the outside, which is the way God views us. It is sad for these kids to develop such a personality as this. It is like they do not even get a fair chance because they are learning what their parents teach them, which is to be narrow minded and judgmental towards others based on their appearance.
This is happening all over it is just not to that noticeable extreme. I have cousins who are 8 who are so concerned about the way they look to where they should not. They will watch what they eat make sure the clothes that their mother's buy them are cool.
ReplyDeleteI just think back when I was 8 or so and I wore what my mother gave me and did not worry about what I ate.
I am so concerned about the world and our future we may be progressing technologically but regressing spiritually and mentally.
It's scary how kids are becoming more and more like adults at an early age and how far they will go to perfect themselves. This seems unnatural for a kid- they should have a life of playing outside and focusing on school not on all this beauty stuff.
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