Despite the long-term advancement in technology and media, one thing that has not seemed to have changed is the portrayal of women with the most unrealistic standards.

This often leads to impacts such as dysmorphia, body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem, depression, eating disorders, and even a negative effect on relationships.

The expectation of society for a woman to always come off as a flawlessly sculpted doll usually makes the ladies have dissatisfaction with their own bodies, feeling they do not measure up to societal ideals of beauty, which are often unrealistic and unattainable.

Society pressures every woman to fit into the same ideal face with the same ideal makeup, and the same body. The constant demand for change as trends pass by and the constant expectation to always be relevant.

Pressure to conform to narrow beauty standards can contribute to the development of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge eating disorder.

This manifests into much bigger problems where the individuals start struggling with basic intimacy. Woman starts to view themselves as objects that primarily needs to be perfect to be judged only by appearance rather than as whole individuals with talents, intellect, and emotions.

One of the most depressing things is, that this portrayal starts affecting one’s mind at a young age. The entire ‘Sephora Kids’ phenomenon was a great example of how even pre-teens were advertised the need to have perfect skin and a perfect routine or else they would be perceived as ‘ugly’ and ‘not relevant’ when they age. Kids hardly aged 11 were using retinol to prevent wrinkles.

This issues often lead to a bigger problems where ultimately the woman feels ‘I’m not enough’

Addressing these issues requires promoting diverse representations of beauty, challenging unrealistic standards, and fostering self-acceptance and body positivity.