Amu Shimomichi
645 Reading & Writing
Amy Lee
05/31/13
Summary Response- “Beauty Is Not Just Smaller Than Life”
In the article, “Beauty Is Not Just Smaller Than Life”,
Leonard Pitts Jr. describes how the media affects the standards of
beauty. The standards of beauty are getting skinnier than before, and
most women want to lose weight although they are already skinny enough.
Pitts says that some might argue that stopping men from objectifying
women is one of the solutions. However, girls need more protection from
harm in a more subtle way. Therefore, gatekeepers who work for media
have to be more careful to define beautiful girls in different sizes.
In sum, the author mentions why girls want to be skinnier
than what they are now. I totally agree with the author that losing
weight is a huge problem for women: 90 percent. Even though women are
skinny enough, they always try to lose weight more. Also, he states
that the most important point is that we aren’t satisfied with our
current appearance because models in media are unachievable. Being like
models is really hard and it is too skinny in general. Moreover, to be
skinny makes women sick. Sometimes women died from too much diet.
Most women are skinny enough now, so they should feel satisfied what
they are. They don’t need to compare with others. They should have
confidence their current appearance.
Hi Amu!
ReplyDeleteyou did a great job.I really enjoyed your article. I do agree with the author that gatekeeper should be more thoughtful about what shown on media. objecting women has become a serious problem as you said women will become addicted in losing wight even if they don't need that, and even if they need, they might do it without taking care with their health. Thank you Amu for sharing this interesting article.