Make a Fellow Woman Smile
I've been doing some reflection, and it occurs to me how media and society as a whole creates these standards we are supposed to measure ourselves against. Victoria's Secret models are how we are expected to measure up. "Thin" and "young" are the only definitions of beautiful depicted in the media. We look at these definition and compare our weight, body shape, size (breast and waist), and looks to determine how we measure up.
As women, we compete with one another, whether we realize it or not. We compete for romantic interests' attention, jobs and a broad medley of other things. When we see other women, we subconsciously compare ourselves to them to evaluate how we are stacking up against society. When we see someone with something we would like to have (smaller waist, bigger breasts) we find things to criticize about them to feel better about ourselves.
Wouldn't it be amazing if we lifted one another up? Women are already marginalized by society, but what if we united against such stratification? What if, rather than seeing other women as competition, we saw one another as sources of support, sisters, if you will? We aren't the "weaker" sex, we are the INCREDIBLE sex. We are all beautiful, strong, resilient and capable.
I challenge us all, the next time we see a woman out in public who looks like she could use some uplifting, actually go up to her, and genuinely tell her something you like about her. Tell her she's beautiful, you like her hair, she has a beautiful smile, beautiful skin, or pretty eyes. Not in a creepy way, but in a genuine way to maybe make a fellow woman feel better about herself in a world where non-Victoria's Secret body types are led to believe we aren't adequate. Maybe put a smile on someone's face.
I'm not saying everyone feels inadequate. Some are confident enough to not take media and societal standards into account when conducting their self-evaluations. But some do.
Just pass along a compliment to make someone smile.
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