Body fitness and beauty; two factors that are unrelated, yet the majority of us believe they are.
In today’s society, ‘beauty standards’ have been causing many young people around the world to be insecure about themselves.
This often causes them to change their bodies, in unhealthy ways, to fit the criteria social media places regarding what’s ‘pretty’ and what’s not.
How do we solve this issue?
We must abandon the belief that not matching with the beauty standards means we’re ugly, and that we have to change ourselves to suit the images social media displays.
We can do this by helping young people embrace their bodies the way they are and inform them that there is no such thing as a ‘flawless’ figure.
Why is it crucial to resolve this matter?
This will remove the toxic thoughts that roams in every teenager’s mind, which will potentially lead to decreased mental health issues for young people.
Think about it this way, beauty standards change every while. For example, about 20 years ago, having the perfect body, for a lady, was having a skinny figure. But in 2022, it’s about being curvy with a small waist.
If these ‘beauty standards’ are changing every now and then, it means that it suits the new generations’ point of view.
So, the simple answer to the question, “who decides if I am pretty or not” is “society”.
This is done through social media displaying males and females in an ‘ideal’ image; contradicting 90% of the reality; that we all have different bodies and different frames.
The so-called ‘imperfections’ social media has convinced us that we all have are not really ‘imperfections’, they are called ‘differences.’
What is the healthy thinking of this subject?
If there is something that everyone should always have at the back of their head, regarding their body and weight, it’s whether they are healthy or not.
As long as you’re healthy, you don’t need to ever worry about your body image.
You don’t need to ever worry about the ‘beauty standards’ the social media represents.
And definitely, you don’t need to ever worry about if you look pretty or not; because Allah has chosen every single little detail of our looks to perfect us.
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