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Koolaid wrote:
but that doesn't mean that you can't get it
i think a suspicious trend lately has been that people think getting plastic surgery is an empowering thing, and it's being marketed as 'self-love' while it's anything but that. you can't advocate self-love and get plastic surgery, you can't be body positive and get plastic surgery.
plastic surgery (and makeup to a certain extent) is an industry that thrives on the insecurities of people. they earn money from the beauty standards that are upheld in the world. plastic surgery is a predatory industry that has made people believe that if you don't like how you look, you can just get under the knife and change it.
it's not empowering, it's a marketing scheme.
what do you guys think? can you advocate self-love and have plastic surgery?
also it's not really about whether you should get plastic surgery or not, @mistyxq put this very well:
"I think I get why this swayed away from the point you were making. You're talking about it from the perspective of people earning tons of money from it, they're actively telling society that plastic surgery will take insecurities away. And while changing some details could reduce insecurity, it's different if you're generally an insecure person, personality wise. And people getting those messages from the people earning money from it might not be able to tell the difference and will be caught in a loop feeling worse every time because they're still insecure.
It's not about people changing something about themselves to feel more like themselves, it's about how everyone is told how you will become greater and better (empowering) if you pay the money and go under the knife, when at best it only reduces anxiety about a certain thing or two, and at worst you'll lose all your money to plastic surgery addiction.
but that doesn't mean that you can't get it
i think a suspicious trend lately has been that people think getting plastic surgery is an empowering thing, and it's being marketed as 'self-love' while it's anything but that. you can't advocate self-love and get plastic surgery, you can't be body positive and get plastic surgery.
plastic surgery (and makeup to a certain extent) is an industry that thrives on the insecurities of people. they earn money from the beauty standards that are upheld in the world. plastic surgery is a predatory industry that has made people believe that if you don't like how you look, you can just get under the knife and change it.
it's not empowering, it's a marketing scheme.
what do you guys think? can you advocate self-love and have plastic surgery?
also it's not really about whether you should get plastic surgery or not, @mistyxq put this very well:
"I think I get why this swayed away from the point you were making. You're talking about it from the perspective of people earning tons of money from it, they're actively telling society that plastic surgery will take insecurities away. And while changing some details could reduce insecurity, it's different if you're generally an insecure person, personality wise. And people getting those messages from the people earning money from it might not be able to tell the difference and will be caught in a loop feeling worse every time because they're still insecure.
It's not about people changing something about themselves to feel more like themselves, it's about how everyone is told how you will become greater and better (empowering) if you pay the money and go under the knife, when at best it only reduces anxiety about a certain thing or two, and at worst you'll lose all your money to plastic surgery addiction.
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