The woman’s body propagandist

The perception of a beautiful woman.

It’s like the only thing that our culture celebrates about a woman is her shape and beauty. In my culture, you will hear words like ‘pisi kali’, and many other names used to describe a beautiful woman in the street. I would say they don’t even celebrate a woman, they celebrate her body, they praise her thighs, lips, hips, etc. The way a woman’s body has been preached, it even makes some women insecure because they do not have the most preached shape. Like big eyes, or buttocks. It’s like the world has figured out a woman’s shape before she was born.  The shape of a woman is connected to sexual desires. It’s true a woman’s body is beautiful,  but it does not mean she’s tied to sex only. Noella Thea an influential digital creator on Tik Tok shared things she wished someone could tell her when she was still a teenager, one of those things is “You don’t need to over-sexualize yourself for people to like you” she said. The impact is huge, young girls want to look beautiful as a result of this propaganda. Some change their skin color, over expose their bodies, edit their shape , face just to fit in. Sadly some women build their confidence on this shape which is preached all over the world. Give up their intelligence and choose to be defined by the shape of their legs, thighs, or hair.

Look at the content of the most consumed music, most talk about a woman’s body. The research was done to show the percentage of top-40 songs referring to 19 content categories by the decade in the US. The results show in the 1960s the category of love and relationship music content was at 70% while sex and sexual desire music content was only at 18%. However, from the 2000’s the category of love and relationship music content is 64% while sex and sexual desire music content is 41.7%. This means the music/conversations about sexual desire are increasingly growing. What does this mean to a girl child who is growing only to hear her breast is not good enough, her legs are not long enough, her skin is not brighter enough, her waist is not thinner enough, her nose and head size are not sexy. The woman’s body propagandists are people who knowingly or unknowingly push the fabricated idea of a beautiful woman. This is not just about the music, this propaganda is in the streets corners. I call it fabricated because women are different so does their physical features. The features may differ but all have the same function.

This is like celebrating vegetables because they are green! There is more to vegetables than their shape! The nutritional value is more essential than the shape! I do not underestimate the beauty of a woman and its psychological effect on the viewer, but I am against the idea that a woman is a flower, she is for decorative purposes. Some men just want to be seen with a woman who has a specific size, shape, or color. We all have the freedom to choose what we want, but we do not have the right to decide what shape defines a woman. Because women just like men have different sizes, shapes, lengths, colors, hair textures, etc. The value of a woman should be the most celebrated aspect when we speak about a woman. Women have been the pillars holding families together, taking care of children, some have been denied an education simply because they are women but still give their best to keep the family.

“The family is the simplest and smallest unit of society and the real fountain of culture. If this fountain remains pure, man’s culture has promise. But if it becomes polluted, all the rest will turn to dust and ashes, since the home is the foundation of the entire social structure.”

― Henry R. Van Til, The Calvinistic Concept of Culture

As the smallest social unit of society, the family can be instrumental to shape the development of cultures and nations. If we want to protect the future of a girl, if we want a generation of young women who are secure in themselves, love, and value themselves. If our families lay a foundation for our lives. A family has the responsibility to disseminate and protect the truth about the true beauty of a woman at the family level.