Madison Gregory
Group Summary
English 101
September 30, 2015
Barbie vs Buzz-Off
Men and women have different beauty standards set upon them. Men think of themselves as average looking, no matter how they actually look and are content with feeling average. They do not devote much time to appearance, except for shaving. Women never feel as if they are good enough; they feel less than average even if they are actually above so. Women have low self-esteem because of how they have compared themselves with the toys the played with as children, such as barbies. Men typically played with unattractive action figures with large amounts of self confidence, such as Buzz-Off. Since women grew up thinking they must try to look like Barbie, there is a multibillion-dollar beauty industry that tries to help them accomplish this. When in reality, no matter how much makeup a woman wears, she will never meet the unrealistic beauty standards set upon her. Men realize that they may never be as attractive as the famous actors seen on TV, so they focus on other ways to improve self-esteem. Women think men want them to meet the unrealistic beauty standards set against them, but in actuality “men do not notice 97% of women's beauty efforts”, according to Dave Barry (qtd. in Barry par.12). The self-esteem levels and amount of effort in appearance of men and women differ because of the beauty standards set upon them.
Group Summary
English 101
September 30, 2015
Barbie vs Buzz-Off
Men and women have different beauty standards set upon them. Men think of themselves as average looking, no matter how they actually look and are content with feeling average. They do not devote much time to appearance, except for shaving. Women never feel as if they are good enough; they feel less than average even if they are actually above so. Women have low self-esteem because of how they have compared themselves with the toys the played with as children, such as barbies. Men typically played with unattractive action figures with large amounts of self confidence, such as Buzz-Off. Since women grew up thinking they must try to look like Barbie, there is a multibillion-dollar beauty industry that tries to help them accomplish this. When in reality, no matter how much makeup a woman wears, she will never meet the unrealistic beauty standards set upon her. Men realize that they may never be as attractive as the famous actors seen on TV, so they focus on other ways to improve self-esteem. Women think men want them to meet the unrealistic beauty standards set against them, but in actuality “men do not notice 97% of women's beauty efforts”, according to Dave Barry (qtd. in Barry par.12). The self-esteem levels and amount of effort in appearance of men and women differ because of the beauty standards set upon them.