Dave Barry On The Swimsuit Front Summary

After reading Dave Barry’s editorial titled “On The Swimsuit Front” I realized that women are their own biggest critics. As he addressed the issue of how self-conscious women are about their bodies, I found myself thinking the exact same thing. Every time we take a bite into a piece of chocolate, the calorie count or amount of fat is floating around in the back of our mind. Of course, at that moment in time, it doesn’t stop us, but it sure does haunt us. Virtually any female during her lifetime has worried about her body measurements. In a recent study, females between the ages of twelve and forty-five have admitted to being apprehensive or self-conscious about their bodies. Personally, I don’t feel like any twelve year old should worry about their body size but it is happening and I’m trying to understand their impulses behind admitting their apprehension. Young girls and many women should be spending their summers on the beach, happy, regardless if they are overweight or not. Women being worried about their weight originate from being stereotyped. If we, as individuals were more accepting of people, maybe women would be more comfortable with their bodies. Whether we’ve constantly munched on candy, or
The idea of perfection has been planted in our heads that we have to be slim and slender to be noticed. It’s almost as if we are brainwashed into believing if were not thin, then were not beautiful, even though beauty has always come from within. From this idea of perfection, we use all our energy to become flawless and it isn’t possible. We gain back our energy from food and we cover up our disappointment by eating and so, if anything, the media creates us as a monster. For every body in this world, twenty-four hours, just isn’t enough to work, eat, sleep and become that one person we’ve always longed to