Battles against Media's idea of "The Perfect Woman"

The never ending battle against the Media and it`s bogus idea of the "PERFECT WOMAN". *sigh*

Lately I have been studying the media, reading articles, watching news, and looking for anything that I can find to make me feel that there is still hope for our world. If you have read any of my past articles, then you will already know where my concerns lie.

For those of you that are just reading me for the first time, my concerns are strong regarding women of today and their search for the true identity of themselves.

Women today have fierce competition. I have spoken to many men also and they have strongly let me know that they would not trade their gender for any amount of money. They actually feel sorry for the women of today. A few of them even shared with me that they hate the fact that everywhere they look, the media's idea of, "The Perfect Women" is stuck in their faces. Sure its nice to see, any human being will appreciate a nice looking picture. What happens at that very minute though is that they (the men) are put in a situation of feeling that they are betraying their partner by not knowing exactly how to react. I know, I know, some of you are thinking that it is the women's fault that the men think that way. I will agree in some cases, but these men that I have spoken to were being quite genuine in the fact that they themselves did not appreciate it.

I will be the first one to say yes to prostitution. Why? Because it keeps some of the damn rapists of the streets from attacking the unwilling women. I say yes to pornography; it keeps the men that are afraid to approach real women relieved of a very needed natural release. I also say yes to alcohol and to chocolate with ice cream, but my dear readers, before you frown on me for what I just said, hear me say this. "I do not condone the force and uncontrolled manor with which the media shoves all this down our throats. I thought this was a free country. When did we lose the right to choose whether we want to have the media's idea of, "The Perfect Woman", shoved down our throats every time we turn on the television, walk into a bar, just drive down the road (billboards), open a magazine, listen to a song, or even simply look in our teenagers room."

I was reading an article that was advertising the new television line ups for this falls season. I was horrified when I read about the graphic violence being used against women. Episodes showing a woman thrashing in a cage, with duct tape across her eyes, while a man's hands are shown grabbing her bloodied fingers through the bars of the cage and ripping off her fingernails. Another is chained up like a dog in a basement by her so called loving husband. It gets worse; there is also one with a woman paralyzed by venomous spider bites and is being raped by a masked figure. These are what society is allowing for after dinner viewing. I am embarrassed to even say that this is my world seeing this. They made more noise when Janet Jackson slipped a peak of her nipple at a damn football game. In a word...SAD!! The media has definitely figured out how to make money at every woman's expense.

On a much happier note, in my searching the worlds media I did find a very refreshing commercial put out by DOVE. It can be viewed at their website:

www.campaignforrealbeauty.com. "Cheers Dove" is all I can say. Dove is pushing hard and continuing an uphill climb to bring back what was put on this earth as, The Real Women.

I also ran into an article trying to cut this refreshing change down. The magazine people that pride themselves on using air-brushed models with unrealistic looks, called the Dove girls in this commercial, "civilians". Ha! Now that is a very obvious show of defeat. They're even trying to say that women of today will not want to buy from ads that do not promise you unrealistic beauty. Ladies, the media is in fact calling you stupid as far as I read. I take that as an out right insult.

It's about time that someone stood up and gave the media's negative actions a run for their money. Money made at real women's expense, as I said already once. They also mention something as silly as women worry if they looked fat in their pants, as being an old age insecurity. DUH! No one ever said it was new, jeesh. I am also curious just how far women today are willing to let the media's idea of "The Perfect Woman" go. We are already the butt-end of the cosmetic surgery joke. I feel that the only reason any woman would be turned off by Dove's real women, is because they have been so brain washed into thinking that the media's idea of "The Perfect Women" is what is real. I feel sorry for them. Ladies of today, we must stand up and fight back. Do not let them turn, what is suppose to be real, into barbie dolls.

So many women are confused about what is, and what is not. Why do you think so many women suffer from low self-esteem, with cosmetic surgery at every street corner and so many unrealistic expectations coming to us from the media on how a women is suppose to look? Blah, blah. It's no wonder women are so confused.

Well I know that there is strength in numbers and I do know that there are more women today that are sick of all of the media's ideas. Ladies with low-self esteem, stand up, go to the store, and support DOVE. So what? They make money and yes, maybe there is a bit of truth that they too are using us as a way to profit. But at least we have a place to start to turn things around. We will never be able to turn them back, but we can make them work for us, not against us. Oh if anyone thinks that Dove has asked me, or payed me to speak of them in my blog, NO and NO. I am speaking on behalf of every women out there has been damaged by all the garbage that the media is trying to run our world with. Womens Selfesteem.com is happy to say that Dove is doing a very good thing, on the "real women" of today's behalf.

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"Don't back down just to keep the peace,

Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem."

-Oprah Winfrey

Dorothy Lafrinere Owner/Operator Website- www.womensselfesteem.com Forum- womenselfesteem.proboards29.com

The Image of a Woman

I’ve had it. For years I’ve watched as our society has continued to barrel down this road of demoralizing women. TV shows have gotten raunchier, movies have crossed the line over into pornography, and commercials use sex to sell everything from hamburgers to shampoo! I’m sickened and disgusted.

I am a woman. I want to be respected and valued. I am not meat.
I have daughters. I want them to be respected and cherished. I don’t want to have to worry about every guy that looks at them as they grow up because they can’t find a shirt that doesn’t bare their belly!

I also am a wife. I want my husband to have eyes only for me. He is devoted to me and loves me. But I can only imagine how tough it must be for him as everywhere he goes; half-naked women are thrust in his face. I don’t want to have to fret if I’m not home and he’s simply watching TV!

I have a son. I worry about the temptations he faces as he goes to the theaters with his friends. Thinking they will see a good movie, they are inadvertently exposed to suggestive content and exposed women constantly! And I’m not even talking about rated R movies. I want his future wife to feel valued and embraced by him.

More and more men are facing the problem of pornography. Not just because of the Internet, but because of our society thrusting sex into their faces at every turn.

It is not just us women crying out “foul.” It is a family problem because just like dominoes, the effects of this rampant “use and abuse” of women and their bodies to sell things, impacts each one of us.

What can we do?

I’ve joined OneMillionMoms.com (there is also OneMillionDads.com) to start fighting the media in what they endorse. I subscribe to “Plugged In” magazine that is sponsored by Focus on the Family to inform me of just what is truly going on in Hollywood. I have made some personal decisions. For the first time ever I am pretty much banning morning radio DJ’s in my car. Not just when my children are present, but for myself as well. I don’t need to hear their demeaning banter. I am monitoring the shows that come into my home. And I have to admit, that some of my favorite shows are starting to cross the line and I am sad to say that I have to abandon them because my family is more important.

We don’t have to sit here and just complain about what is going on. We CAN make waves and start to change the world around us. Maybe you won’t change Hollywood, but you can change your local city by impacting your local movie theater and what movies they show. You CAN impact your local TV station and what shows they air and when. You can change your Library by urging them to get rid of indecent books.

Hopefully, with these waves going on all over, society in general will start to get the message.

We are not just women. We are ladies. Please respect our families; and us and treat us as such.

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~ Dionna Sanchez encourages moms to enjoy being the lady that God created them to be while nurturing their families. You can visit the media columns on her website at ttp://www.emphasisonmoms.com/new_page_5.htm