“Do I look fat today?” - is perhaps every woman worth her pounds, in every corner of the world wants to ask!
The quest to finding that perfect figure is far from over finds out Divya Unny
“Do I look fat today?” - is perhaps every woman worth her pounds, in every corner of the world wants to ask!
The modern woman may have come a long way but her insecurities about her body image still remain.
Most women seem to have an incessant love-hate affair with their bodies and seem to be always dissatisfied with the way they look.
Cosmetic surgeries
Recently, an 18-year-old demanded a breast implant as her birthday gift, a city doctor reveals. However, though more women are opting for cosmetic surgeries, several others are going in for reversals.
Explains psychologist Seema Hingorrany, “Women who have got breast implants now want them removed.
This really shows a permanent struggle in their minds and external measures only seem like a temporary solution.”
Adds TV actor Mona Singh who was criticised for her weight, “My weight did become a huge problem because it used to interfere with my dance. I did loose quite a bit of weight, but then I realised that it all depends on how comfortable you are in your skin.”
You are what you look
Blame it on the media or other influences, many women even today believe that they will be judged by their body image over attributes like intelligence, humour and self-confidence.
Observes designer Shaina NC, “Today 90 per cent of women idolise glamourous women like an Aishwarya Rai or even a Rakhi Sawant. Kids, who look up to them, inadvertently become obsessively conscious about the way they look.”
It’s body versus everything!
None of the key factors, which an urban woman might consider essential, like career achievements, financial independence and emotional stability, seem to restore the low self-esteem that she may suffer due to image insecurity.
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ays Kiran Bedi, who can easily be termed as the maverick face of the Indian woman, “A lot of people questioned me about the way I looked. As time passed I realised that you will look good only if you feel good. Drawing attention by superficial methods will never last.”
Adds ex-model Rhea Pillai, “It is the need to be perceived in a particular way and to be accepted amongst people that make women struggle with their bodies. Eventually, we need to create a balance between who we are and what we really want to be.”
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