The “Greener Grass” Conundrum

Every one wants what they don’t have. It seems no one is happy.

I’ve come to realize that even the women who are held up as shining examples of the current beauty standard don’t love their bodies. Just like us, they long to possess traits they see in their peers: Different hair, different sets of curves, different proportions, different skin color, different everything.

Often, in fact, they desire the direct opposite of what is present: Petite women long for height, dark complexioned women want to be fair, straight-haired women long for curls and boyish figures long for curves.

Most of this is relayed us by the media. Some of that is fed by institutions who promote botox and fillers, and cosmetic surgery; some by companies who sell breast reductions to large-busted women and implants to small-chested women; companies who sell flat-irons to wavy-haired women and curling irons to straight-haired women; companies who sell girdles to women with curves and padded panties to women without curves.

Our collective dissatisfaction with our body and our natural assets feeds massive industries on a daily basis. I often wonder…What if women all over the world woke up one day and believed they loved their body after all? All these industries would be in deep trouble.