Comments on: Beauty from Within

By: Nancy Greene

Nancy Greene — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:43:13 +0000

And the fight the fight you should but let’s find a better role model than Jessica Simpson. Do you think that she would be travelling the world in search of what other cultures find beautiful if she were not being flown first class and paid millions of dollars? Let’s talk about women like Gloria Steinam and Bille Jean King who really fought for equality with women!
Keep up the good work!

By: Caroline Brunet

Caroline Brunet — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:29:30 +0000

I see your point… but I take a more optimistic outlook. We do live in a world where sex sells and as you say, the “sexier” you are, the better. However, by creating awareness about these kinds of issues (that is, that beauty is often socially constructed)women are able to look for and find beauty within themselves. I know that we also live in a capitalist society, but we do not have to objectify ourselves in order to feel beautiful. And, by voicing our opinions, we are creating a larger space for ourselves within the “powerful and wealthy” male dominated world. No, the fight is not over. But I’m still going to fight.

By: Nancy Greene

Nancy Greene — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:46:35 +0000

Oh come on! Jessica Simpson? Have you ever seen her video for “These Boots Are made for Walking”? It’s all about sex, tanned bodies, perfect bootys and boobs. What ever sells, women and men alike will partake in. Yes, in a perfect world women would look within and men would look at what is inside a woman but we still live a world where the prettier and sexier you are, the better, because your chances of attracting the powerful and wealthy man are higher. It all starts at home, fathers should teach their sons by example and mothers should do the same with their daughters. Like it or not, sex and money make the world go ’round. Always has, always will!