I didn't reply, but it was in no way because of confusion. It was because I agree and disagree.:/ And I am poor with words at time and didn't want to offend.;)
On the one hand, I agree. Your body, you can do with as you like. And there are times when very small surgeries are good. Things that you cannot change easily, no matter what you do.
On the other hand, I see two nasty trends in this:
1) People are less healthy, they have the surgery to fix the outward signs that they are less healthy, but their body is still in bad shape. No outward signs, no need to worry. Easy to be lazy and let everything get worse.
2) Insecurities, as I said, passed down from mother to daughter or son. It is horrendous to have a mom imposing that kind of lack of self-image on their kids. Changing the way your body looks might give some small confidence, but the truth is that the insecurity is usually under the surface. Once again, you cover up and bandaid what's wrong and you never deal with what is truly the matter...
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branchandroot
Re: Yup
Date: 2004-07-06 09:24 pm (UTC)On the one hand, I agree. Your body, you can do with as you like. And there are times when very small surgeries are good. Things that you cannot change easily, no matter what you do.
On the other hand, I see two nasty trends in this:
1) People are less healthy, they have the surgery to fix the outward signs that they are less healthy, but their body is still in bad shape. No outward signs, no need to worry. Easy to be lazy and let everything get worse.
2) Insecurities, as I said, passed down from mother to daughter or son. It is horrendous to have a mom imposing that kind of lack of self-image on their kids. Changing the way your body looks might give some small confidence, but the truth is that the insecurity is usually under the surface. Once again, you cover up and bandaid what's wrong and you never deal with what is truly the matter...