If people lost weight, doctors lowered the price of plastic surgery , and many more people felt comfortable in their own skin, what would the consequences be? For instance, if our overall population had higher self-esteem, would this lower teen pregnancy? Would there be fewer people abusing their spouse or children? Would sex before marriage be reduced?
To ask the question another way . . . in our current society, more people are unhealthy, overweight, and "unattractive" than at any other time. What is the downside of this collective low self-esteem? How does it affect society?
How much does your own personal physical appearance matter to you? What would have to happen for you to be happier with yourself, for your self-esteem to be boosted?
Darcy (1:00)
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I personally think what you look like is just a factor on to who you are, what you look like dose not make you the person you are. everyone is beautiful in their own individualistic way, and sure the way you look is how you want people to view you. for example if a person is dressed up in a suit they want you to vein them professionally, when who knows underneath they may just be quite the opposite of that. so no looks don't matter, they are just a add on to your personality, and just because someone views someone else as "ugly" do-sent mean that they are ugly that person just do sent appeal to the other person and was giving a harsh title which once again is a major human flaw.
Xeromy Kaizad (1:00)
If people felt more comfortable in their own skin i don't really think that the doctors would need to even give plastic surgery. Overall the people in our society would be much happier. Although on the issue of whether or not this would stop teen pregnancy, i don't really think that it would have an effect. Most people don't have sex based on them having low self esteem. Sex is usually based on different feelings. If some one was Self conscious i don't even think they would be willing to get that intimate with some one... if you mean by teens having sex with low self esteem as in them feeding off each other' s affections you have a point, but that would be having sex just for attention...which is wrong. sex should be a shared thing between two people with give and take... not just taking from each other, so that kind of answers the sex before marriage too in that i don't think it would be reduced either. People who want to get married sometimes have sex before but is that really a bad thing? If they are getting married shouldn't they see if they are compatible in bed? Sex is an important key in marriage and if that's not good for the other person would they really be happy with one another?
I guess the down side to the society as a whole having low self esteem would just be large amounts of depression but do people really want to let others see that they have low self esteem? even now if someone has low esteem for themselves you dont really notice it. I find that a lot of people hide this from others so that they dont look weak to the people around them.
Personally my appearance means a lot to me. I tend to dress my mood so to speak. If I'm tired i look tired and dress in comfy sweats and a tee. Mostly though I like to just look the way i am. I wear make up but not enough to be "showy" i wear eyeliner and foundation and some Chapstick. My appearance is just how i like it. Im really comfortable with my self because i have grown into my self since i have graduated. I dont feel the pressures of high school fashions anymore. But lets not say i have problems with things i have everyone has at least one thing they would change about themselves i would like to have darker hair and no acne, but those are things that can be fixed with a good facial scrub, astringent and some hair dye.
Sam Lehman
This is a tough subject.
Um..okay I think that self-esteem is very important in how you carry yourself and take care of yourself. If you have low or no self esteem you might be more likely to let yourself go and become over weight, change your personality and who you really want to be. I think that this low self-esteem causes people to be less ambitious about things they have to do in their daily lives.
If doctors lowered the cost of all plastic surgery I'm sure millions of people would go out and get something done whether it's implants or lipo...However just because someone can cut your fat off of you doesn't mean it cant come back you have to exercise and work to keep the image you paid for. Would it lower teen pregnancy?..absolutely not, girls with the highest self-esteem are still going to get pregnant..you would think the better and "hotter" you look the more guys and girls you would think you can get with and sleep with...sex has nothing to do with how you look. People that beat their families have problems...whether it's a family history of abuse or a mental issue to me i don't see how feeling shitty about yourself would make you hit the ones you love...but maybe that's just me. In order to not have sex before marriage..willingly you have to already have that mindset and make a non breakable promise to yourself to not have sex before your married and not fall into the statistics....do I think some people might feel better about themselves absolutely, but just because you have a bangin appearance doesn't mean you have a good personality or that can fix your depression or whatever your going through...My appearance means a lot to me, but not because I care what anyone else thinks of me, but because I always want to look my best and first impressions in my book are everything...if I'm over weight I'll work for it not pay for it because it's cheaper...In the end yes I think it would make people feel better, but I do not think it will fix all the other problems in the world.
kristina
I think that everyone should be comfortable in their own skin. If so many TV shows were not based on people looking flawless then maybe our society would be better, but there is and there is nothing that anyone can do about it. Everyone has something wrong with them in their eyes, but in others eyes they could be the perfect person and have absolutely nothing wrong with them. They should be able to feel like a queen in your own skin because no should be able to show you different.
Emily
having a higher self-esteem usually makes that person really confident in themselves. having low self-esteem will you see where it can lead you. but i see why people care about what they look like. even if the person says they dont care they really do everyone does. is it going to lower teen pregancy no not at all. if your sexier dont you want to show off what you got most of the time. and sex before marriage will most likely not lower either. everyone is going to want to look alot better then they do even if there gorgeous. i would like to fix a couple of things on my body but it wouldnt be major changes that would make me look any differnt. so self-esteem is important and how we look is too but you just have to have confidence in your self to make you you and who you want to look like.
alexis
A downside to our collective low self-esteem, is that not only are people unhappy with their looks but by feeling so self-conscious they will do almost anything to make themselves feel better or to fit into society better. Many people in this day and age have low self-esteem which leads to other problems such as depression and suicide. People who are unhappy about their weight tend to think that it will never change so they just get more and more unhappy and eventually it could lead to depression. Depression is not the worst possibility either, some people get picked on for being overweight or they are so disgusted with themselves that they can never see it getting better so they kill themselves. Some people get surgery but that is not something that everyone can have done.
Ryan
good questions . . . I'm all for increased self-esteem for everyone in the world (well, except for the bad guys, I'd just as soon they remain insecure). Yes, I think if we were all happier with ourselves, there would be less crime, less infidelity, less divorce. When you think about it, many of our societal problems are caused by fear and insecurities. How much better off we would all be if we could just get zen and chill out with one another.
For me to be happier with myself would require a few more centimeters in a certain part of my anatomy . . . and I'd like a nose job. And I friggin hate my ears. And I wish I wasn't going bald so early. So, yeah theres a lot to fix with me, but at least I don't have the beer belly I once had. Plus since everyone, even the supermodels, have features they gripe about, I try to remind myself of that and just stay content with the poor goat I see in the mirror each morning.
James Burke
I feel that everybody should feel comfortable with what they have and should enjoy life with a positive perspective. They should not worry about what everybody else has to say, but what they do and what makes themselves happy.
While I do think though that when you are not up to societies standards, people tend to have a lower self-esteem. They see all those perfect edited people in billboards, magazines, and commercials but will never be able to look like them because they are fake. As a person, when it comes to your physical appearance, I feel that you should strive for being physically fit. Not to get the perfect body that you see everywhere plastered on every single thing imaginable, but to keep yourself healthy enough to where you live a long and prosperous life. People would be so much happier with themselves. Don't try to imitate fake cause you will never be able to reach that. If people could all see what themselves in a different light, and see that everybody is unique and wonderful in there own way. I feel society would so different, and in a good way, but only if people can get past what society has made the norm, and love themselves for who they are.
^^Jorge
Feel like if we all looked the way we wanted we would still have issues. Having people of different looks, skin color, and body size is what makes the world great. If we all looked gorgeous who would have there own unique appeal to the world? I mean it's the differences that makes our country great I feel as though it wouldnt help anything just makes new problems in replace of old ones.
Kyle Hubert
I think everyone should be comfortable in their own skin. But, not everyone is. People watch TV shows and see how skinny people and flawless they are and wish they were more like them. I think everyone needs to be who they are and be happy with who they are. But, everyone thinks there is something wrong with them and don’t like something about themselves. Having higher self-esteem usually makes that person really confident in themselves and having low self-esteem will make people down and not carry themselves well. But most people care what they look like even if they say they don’t. This will not lower teen pregnancy in my eyes and wont stop sex before marriage. So I think self-esteem is important but people love you for who you are. So be happy in your skin!
Allyson
I think that people should love the way that they look. I don't think that people should go out an get tons of surgery to make you look like a barbie doll. Many people look at these models in magazines an say, "oh i want to be just like her" so that is what they do they can go to the plastic surgeon an say this is what i want to look like so make me look like it. An what do you know they do it all the time. But what people don't understand that go an do all this plastic surgery. What you look like is not what makes you the type of person that you are today. So people should care about what is on the inside an not what is "made" on the outside.
Cheyenne(9:00)
I've never understood why people change the way they look and why people have low self-esteem. Everyone is beautiful in their own way. You should not look at a person from what your seeing on the outside when there is so much more to be seen. But however, in today's society there are many people who have low self-esteem and thinks that their unattractive and they don't like their bodies. I absolutely hates when people changes what God gave them. When people get plastic surgery they destroy themselves. To me that's when an someone starts to look ugly to me. As the years go by you start looking really old when you get plastic surgery. People just needs to except their self and other people for who they are.
My physical appearance matters to me only in certain occasions. I am happy with the way I look and I wouldn't change myself for anyone or anything.
Shantel
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