The Cost Of Body Positivity
What is "PLUS"? What is the definition of plus? Look for it as an adjective- plus means positive. When used as a verb, plus means advantage; when used in the sense of a flight seat, plus is a luxury; however, when referring to body size, plus becomes a stigma; it evidently often becomes not pretty enough. Beauty Standards Who gets to say what's pretty, and who gets to set these beauty standards? ramps, labels and influencers- finance and then leverage body image issues. Barbie dolls dictated our idea of beauty when you were a kid. When we were younger, beauty brands described ideal skin as fair and spotless, and ramps dictated that a perfect body is tall and size zero. Anyone who could not fit into these frames was forced to feel inferior, which resulted in the following: Research showed that just looking at a Barbie doll decreased body confidence in girls aged 5 to 8. For 69% of teenage girls, photographs in magazines influenced their concept of optimal body weight. Af...