Kendra Cobb
English 101
Group Summary
September 29, 2016
English 101
Group Summary
September 29, 2016
Group Summary
Women are too focused on meeting social standards while men do not care how they appear to others. Most men think their appearance is around average. Normally, they don't care about how they look to others or what others think about them. On the other hand, no matter what they are told by family and friends, women tend to find think of themselves as ugly. They have low self esteem due to media standards and grow up believing they have to look like a Barbie, society’s twisted version of perfection. Barry commented, “Girls grow up playing with a doll proportioned such that, if it were human, it would be seven feet tall and weigh 81 pounds...of which 53 would be bosoms” (Barry par. 5). This is a social standard that women feel they need to meet. In contrast, men would never compare themselves to others; they would never change their appearance to please the public. Men don't seem to care what the social standards have to say, they are comfortable with the way they look. There are obvious differences in how men and women look at themselves and women are more uncomfortable with what they see.
Work Cited
Barry, Dave. “The Ugly Truth About Beauty.” Delta College, Delta College, 2008,
https://www.deltacollege.edu/emp/pwall/documents/theuglytruthaboutbeauty.pdf
https://www.deltacollege.edu/emp/pwall/documents/theuglytruthaboutbeauty.pdf