Why should this End?
by admin • August 10, 2012 • * Safe for Work *, To Everybody • 4 Comments
Look around… What do you see? What is expected in society? What has been the underplaying cause of abuse and using people? That anwser is as clear as the light that reflects on a window. It is The Media. Don’t deny it, you know it’s true. Females have been impacted by these standards the most. Think about it, besides all the model magazines, girls starving themselves, standards and high judgement of Them. Young girls are constantly influenced on how their appearance should be and it is causing all kinds of disorders. What else do you notice the most? Obviously, the revealing clothing, trying to ‘fit in,’ and feel accepted in society. However, most of all the pornography that has caused men to see women as nothing more than sexy things they can use. Not to forget to mention the asexuals who are put through so much pressure cause they arent ‘interested,’ in any gender for that matter. There are genetically modified foods because that is now the only way to feed people and it is still not enough. This beautiful planet of ours can barely sustain enough food for everyone. Then the increase in how many pregnancys that occur forcefully. Kids are suffering, women are suffering even men. The media has done so much destruction to us, and this is only one of the damages. Who is going to stop this, it needs to end soon. Why can’t we be accepted for who we are, we shouldn’t be forced to change to be what society wants us to be.
Aahhh, society… The way of the world; of the flesh, and yet no solution to free us from this beast?
Hmm…
I’m going to try my best here to not be inflammatory but I feel like blaming the media for societies problems is a cop-out. Yes, I suppose the media could be a damaging influence for those without a loving caring parent/guardian/mentor in their life to explain to and show them just how beautiful the human experience is. However, I believe there are plenty of people, like myself, who grew up sheltered from nothing, watching rated r movies and the news, reading magazines etc. etc. and yet developed into moderately successful people of confidence and determination. Why? Because I had strong females in my life that taught me what my true worth was. Yes, someone who doesn’t have that may be damaged by different forms of media… but that is not the fault OF the media… that is the fault of those that SHOULD have been there to teach them they are wonderful and beautiful in their own right and just as they are. Those who should have been there to instill in them the values of self worth and the ability to separate reality from fiction and idealism from realism. Blaming the media (IMHO) is just another way of avoiding the blame for our own mistakes and short comings. I love this site and I don’t mean to sound harsh and apologize if I have come off that way but this line of reasoning always gets to me and I wanted to throw in my 2 cents and tell you the following: I hope that you are able to find some peace and realize just how wonderful you are. You are 1 in 6 billion and are beautiful just for being a small part of humanity and for being exactly who you are… an individual unlike any of the other 6 billion yet exactly like them, all at the same time. And that makes you (and all of us) brilliant, wonderful, beautiful and horrifying all at the same time. In short, that makes us AMAZING!!! And I truly hope you see just how amazing you are someday… and soon. Now, I’ll go back to reading these letters, which show the brilliant range of human emotions that I come here for every day. Rejoice in yourself
A lot of the damage that media can do can easily be buffeted by a good role model, or a strong family. Personally I like to think that if it were not for the way my mother raised me, that I too could have been like those millions of girls with ED or that turn to things such as cutting or mindless sex. A home life is a strong power that people seem to forget is necessary for a healthy adult.
I agree with a lot of your sentiment though- and it’s kind of a scary thought. It’s a circle that we alone have caused and don’t have enough of an inclined population to fix it.
I agree with K. The media can be quite dangerous, but not dominating in the least. Yeah, it has caused a lot of damage, but NOBODY can escape it, really. At least not in this society. It’s influence spreads too far. But if it really were as dominating as this post suggests (and I am not trying to knock on the author at all), this world would have seen its end by now.
So what hasn’t it yet? I think K summed it up pretty well. There are plenty of good people free from the chains that the media tries to bind our society in. You can try to shelter your kids, but they’ll be exposed to it anyways, one way or another. But if you teach them to fight against it, they will stand a chance to grow into the individuals that are society’s only real hope, and the only reason why it has not entirely crumbled.
On a personal level, I never really had a great family or upbringing. It was always overshadowed by a sense of fracture and separation. But as I grew, I found my role models in high school, and I rediscovered and nourished my faith in God. I think I turned out alright. :-p