Quite Disturbing.

The reality of beauty and how it is manipulated for monetary and political reasons is quite disturbing. Unfortunately it's exactly what we are surrounded with. We are constantly exposed to something that we can't measure up to. Some people try with cosmetics and cosmetic surgery and so forth. It has come to the point where it is a culture. An example would be the show "The Real Housewives of Orange County," it has become a culture there for women to have " breast implants. From what I have seen, the few times, they are proud of having these surgeries. It is second nature. Even the name of the show itself supplements the beauty myth. These women with husbands and children try to live up to these virtual perfect women. I felt that the beauty myth, along with the porn myth, was valid. I enjoyed reading about it and realizing it's development. It was always obvious that beauty was important in our society, but I never realized how it might have come to be.