How does Social Media define beauty ?

By:Alexandra Robinson

Rating Women

While grazing through my news feed on Facebook I noticed a lot of people had statuses such as “ Like for a rate”, or “Smash or Pass”. It got me thinking what is my number should I let a guy or girl decide how beautiful I am? What is beauty? Is beauty only a number or a letter?

What’s your rate

What is beauty?

“The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows & the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years.”

― Audrey Hepburn

“ Why don’t I look like her?

● In Elle magazine they had an article called “Why Don’t I look like her?: How is instagram ruining our self esteem”. In the article it talked about how a lot of women who were seen as beautiful on social media and have tons of likes on instagram do not find themselves beautiful outside of social media.

● Research from Buffalo University showed that women who base their self- worth on appearance, tend to post more photos so they can find validation of their beauty.

● Dove did a recent study and found that 82% of women believe that social media is influencing how we define beauty today.

● · Women wrote more than 5 million negative tweets in 2014.

● Four out of every five negative beauty tweets from women were about themselves.

● Women are 50 percent more likely to say something negative (rather than positive) about themselves on social media.

Selfie

Doves Campaign For Beauty ● The Campaign is called

#speakbeautiful. They are trying to encourage women to be more confident and raise their self esteems.

● “You are your own worst enemy. If you can learn to stop expecting impossible perfection, in yourself and others, you may find the happiness that has always eluded you.― Lisa Kleypas, Love in the Afternoon

Social Media● Social media has made it very easy to come up with your own

definition of beauty, but it has also made it easier than ever to judge someone who is a different kind of beautiful.

● 4,400 suicides in the U.S. each year are caused by social media.● The things that make us beautiful are also what can put a target

on your back.● People across the country are trying to make the internet and

social media a safe outlet for people to show how beautiful girl really is.

Question

Is social media helpful or hurtful.