Originally Posted by NawdleZouss
I am vehemently against cosmetic plastic surgery. It represents everything I hate about modern society. Superficiality, misogyny, herd mentality.
Assuming that the majority of cosmetic plastic surgeries are done to better resemble the modern perceptions of beauty, which seems accurate to say, then first off, you're letting other people define beauty. No one is born thinking "large" noses or "small" breasts are ugly. You're letting other people set personal standards for you. You're letting other people change you. So in a way, that just encourages the practice of judging people based solely on their appearance.
Second, it seems to be a symptom of someone very insecure. To put themselves through a dramatic and unnecesary physical change, risk their health and possibly their lives to live up to some plastic ideal? To let other people's opinions affect them so deeply as to go through all of that? Seen like that, does it seem like something an emotionally balanced person would do?
And third, basically what Melzawelza said. Their shouldn't be this kind of standard for beauty in the first place, and by having cosmetic plastic surgery, you're just ensuring it'll last; thus leading to more stigma for women and girls who don't fit the ideal. To me, that's irresponsible.
Bottom line, for me is that you're born unique and beautiful. Other people may find that ugly; it's their right to do so. But they don't matter. You matter. Why so something so damaging to yourself instead of just learning to stand up to the hurtful comments and tell them to go fuck themselves right in the ear?
I consider myself a very rational person, but I base all of this from the fact that I didn't use to be. Until recently, I was very, very unhappy with the way I looked. But when I got my act together, one of the things I noticed was that I shouldn't have been. I'm no beauty. My breasts are much too big for my tiny frame, I'm overweight, my nose is too wide from my otherwise nonremarkable face, and a million other asinine little flaws, products of social conditioning. But if they're a part of me, I'm going to deal with them. I'm going to make the most of them and love them, because being "beautiful" or not, is just not important. There are so many more important things that I can do with my time than obsess over my looks. Just the way someone's race, gender or orientation shouldn't be considered wrong, or be a factor in judging someone, or a matter of deep personal concern, your looks shouldn't be.
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