The media contradicts itself; one time you find programs and articles on the danger of these kinds of surgeries, yet other TV shows and magazines promote them and even ask the reader to enter a contest, and who knows, they might be lucky winners of this “makeover” for free.
Ok, so a woman has undergone this whole thing, now what about its aftermath? Would she still feel and be the person that she was or would she be too conscious about how she looks now? In other words, maybe she'd start having second thoughts about her work, husband, kids, and friends. Now that she is beautiful, why live with that old hag? Leave him for a more handsome man to look better in the eyes of society.
As for the kids, oh they are too demanding and since I am beautiful now I don’t want anything to back me up from my career. My friends aren't as beautiful as I am so I should dump them for better looking ones.
Maybe I am being too dramatic, but women should take a stand and make people accept the way they are and the way they look. They should let people know, ‘I don’t want to be judged for the way I look.’
In Egypt, (I’m sorry to say) no veiled women are allowed to appear on TV as a presenter. She could be interviewed but no more than that.
Is this fair? Aren't they judging women by the way they look? Should she have yellow dyed hair, red lipstick, and wear tight short clothes in order to appear on TV? It doesn't make sense. Now there are private owned satellite channels in which veiled women can work at, but what about the local channels?
Let me point out another important aspect. When the youth watch how people emphasize appearances and the programs that promote this idea, then we are raising a superficial generation whose sole interest is on how they look. Personality or character no longer counts. Then the society will be divided into people who emphasize on looks, and others who will become self-conscious and depressed because they wanted to be accepted for who they are.
I hope that I could give my kids a world that would appreciate and cherish the way they are and not the way they look. Life is stressful enough.
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