Essay On Female Beauty

Why is so much emphasis placed on female beauty? Over the past decade a lot of songs have been made about females getting dolled up to impress a man or boasting on being able to get a man because of looks. These days, the lyrics of songs on the Top forty list are nothing to boast about. The music Industry is filled with so many songs about getting a man to appreciate you or floating a particular body size. Due to the widespread use of technology, young girls who are still trying to gain confidence feel the need to live up to this standards they see all around them. Instead of so much emphasis being put on female beauty, a more diverse viewpoint is what is needed and even more importantly, less emphasis on female beauty.

Since a lot of music

We know that shit ain’t real, c’mon now make it stop. If you got beauty beauty, just raise em up, cause every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top”. Here she encourages women to embrace their bodies and feel confident, which is immensely empowering. This is honestly the best verse in the entire song because, without bashing any body type or relying on men, she succeeds in telling females to confident about their bodies and how they look. But again she contradicts this empowering verse by stating: “Yeah my mama she told me don’t worry about your size, she says boys like a little more booty to hold at night”. Her mum telling her not to worry about her size is agreeable, since being healthy is what is important, but the lyric about what boys like to hold at night basically says it’s ok if you are this body type because boys prefer it anyway. This sends the message that because a boy has “affection” for a girl it justifies her self-worth. As blogger Jenny Trout stated; the message isn’t really “I have value, even though I don’t fit the mold I’ve been told I should fit”, but, I”I have value, in fact I have more value than some other women who don’t share my body type, because I’m the one the man should be attracted