Flawed Humanity

“Everybody’s different. Nobody’s perfect.”

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Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.  ~Harriet Braiker |

Those are the words our mothers told us when we were little. Growing up, though, society has bombarded us with exactly the opposite. We must become perfect. We must have the drop dead body, blemish free face, and gorgeous hair. Seeing models running around as a size two portrays an image of perfection. Models also give false advertisement to the men out there; we aren’t all a perfect size two.

There are so many lives that have been

Photo credit: Colleen F., Marblehead, MA

Author's comments about this article:

It really saddens me when I see girls that dislike their body shape. In my eyes, they are pretty. In guys' eyes, they are beautiful. Yet, in their own eyes, all they see is ugly or fat. I hope that after reading this people will realize that no matter their body shape or size, they are beautiful.

impacted with the want of being perfect; girls that are struggling with anorexic, bulimia, and other eating disorders. All because society places the burden that we should be flawless.

I walk around the halls of my school and see nothing but healthy, beautiful classmates. Little did I know that most of them were walking around with a hidden secret. That secret, as I’ve found out, is low self-esteem. According to the Healthy Place, 75% of women think they are overweight. That is a startling thought that many of my friends are a number in that statistic. In my opinion, I firmly believe that girls in the 1900’s didn’t struggle with that thought. Back then, having a T.V. wasn’t an option because it wasn’t available and the same goes for magazines. Things are different these days though and because of that everybody everywhere is struggling with the thought that they aren’t any better than dirt.

Why is it so hard for us to accept who we are and our body shapes? There is only one answer to that; media....