Beauty

In the article, "Only Two Percent of Women Describe Themselves as Beautiful," it discusses that not only do American women not consider themselves as beautiful, but it seems to be a world wide trend. These women believe media is too harsh on what they consider to be beauty, giving them a low self-esteem and making them conscious about their bodies. Women want to satisfy a man's needs and feels she needs to look, act, and dress the part and some believe that shopping at Victoria's Secret is just what they need. Victoria's Secret is a high-end store that carries anything from sexy lingerie to skimpy low cut bikinis. Victoria's Secret was made to satisfy a man by designing this scandalous clothing for women. In Marie Smith's article, "Decoding Victoria's Secret," states, "So, Victoria's surprising secret, according to this writer's interpretation, is that she based her huge success with women upon being the best at giving men what they want visually."

Both articles, "Only Two Percent of Women Describe Themselves as Beautiful" and "Decoding Victoria's Secret", agree on the fact that women base their beauty on how they think men want them to look. Society has women believing that they can only be seen as sexy or beautiful if they look the part. Society bases their judgements on appearance and what is seen on the outside rather than what's on the inside. Unfortunately we live in a cruel world where we always seem to judge by first glance.