What's Within

If you turn on your television you might obtain ads and commercials. A majority of watching television involves commercials. A person can be shown up to hundreds of commercials in one day. Most of these commercials, if you pay attention, involve improvement of one self. Companies try to sell beauty products, jewelry, and or clothes. They tend to say it will make the person who buys the product more beautiful. People get fascinated with the idea of feeling beautiful they go a head a purchase what they just saw. Some people even want to be as beautiful as the girl or guy that the companies put on the television that draws in the audience. The average person wants to be like them. But, the thing is it’s really unrealistic. I’m not saying someone can never obtain a size zero, gorgeous eyed, silky haired bomb shell type body. I’m just saying most of the population is not close to that.

Most of America is obsessed with the mere idea of beauty. Everything you see basically is to promote it. Magazines, music videos, and ads are everywhere you go. Almost like 97% or something is having girls half way naked trying to sell a product. Sometimes the girl doesn’t even need to be there because it has nothing to do with the product being sold. Yet, sex sells. Girls really don’t need to be half way undressed for something as small has a new jacket or make up. It’s really disrespectful in my eyes. Honestly, if it was up to me, there would be a more classy and artistic way of selling. No butt’s or breasts hanging out anywhere. This goes for a bunch of the music videos on MTV. It seems like every music video you come into contact with it has to deal with having sex, getting the girl, having money, being the sexiest, etc. What the heck is with that? I remember the good classy and artistic video’s where none of that stuff was included. Heck, if my mom saw me watching a video like that she would yell at me. And what happens when these really sexual videos are shown to little children. They’re going to get mixed messages at a young age. Most of the little girls that I know watch and listen to these types of songs are talking about sex when they really don’t know what it is. Some even think they are too fat and they have to go on a diet to look like the girl they seen in the video. They want to be as beautiful as her. They really don’t need to be like anyone but themselves when it comes to their age. They’re still growing. All this publication to promote beauty is way too much.

Having all these magazines, music video’s, etc. everywhere and having sexy people basically getting “pushed” into your thoughts tend to make people wonder “how can a improve myself?” They want to be better because they might not have that particular thing in their life. The person might start thinking they’re not pretty enough, they are not skinny enough. No one will like them if they aren’t like that beautiful model on television. This leads to eating disorders, depression, and many other serious illnesses. None of these should be taken lightly. Companies need to start thinking of another way to promote their products because it really has a harsh outcome if you really think about it.