The famous Victoria's Secret Fashion Show airs tonight and the show always manages to stir up a lot of mixed feelings. The show consists of the famous Victoria's Secret Angels who walk down a runway wearing close to nothing while famous musicians perform on stage. Victoria's Secret produces the show every year to promote their sales for the upcoming holiday season. Some people dread the show and refuse to watch while others can not wait for it.
Is the Victoria Secret show a good thing or bad? Do girls have a reason do dread watching stick thin models strut their stuff or should we be embracing our sexuality and the beauty of the human body?
Those who love the show (mainly the male population) view it as a celebration of beautiful women. Some girls watch it for motivation to start working out or eating healthier. Some watch for the glitz and glam of the show and the artists who perform. Although there is nothing wrong with appreciating beautiful women, I believe there is a lot of harm that comes from watching the show.
Even the girls who couldn't wait to watch the show, often find themselves regretting watching it afterwards. I have seen an endless amount of tweets and statuses tonight about girls joking that they are never going to eat again after watching the show or plan to workout until their legs fall off.
Since when is it funny to joke about issues as serious as eating disorders? I remember talking to many girls last year who said after watching the show they felt their self-esteem was lowered and watching these supermodels walk in their skimpy lingerie made them feel worse about themselves.
The show seems to feed negative emotion into a part of society that is already suffering from body dissatisfaction. The causes of mental and physical harm after watching the show do not seem worth it to me, and there should be more messages about women loving and cherishing the body the way it is now, instead of trying to reach an unrealistic ideal.
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