The creation of cyberspace has accomplished some amazing feats. Outside of the fact that now you can access any information you want whenever you want, there are also some downsides to this new "space" as well. Just this last week an uproar rippled through several internet circles concerning Ralph Lauren's new advertising campaign showing off over Photoshopped models. And as sad as this poor girl looks (and since that report another image has surfaced from Ralph Lauren with an equally disturbing figure) many women still idolize these non-existent people. Also take a look at online avatars. Women characters are usually always tall, thin, busty, and can kick some major ass in nothing more than a loin cloth.
Page 99 discusses the "blurring associated with cyberspace." It's very striking (almost punctus you could say) reading the quote stating that Mariah Carey's image was having more fun than she was. What is it about the internet and this new cyberspace that has amplified a woman's need to be perfect? I wonder much of this on the dawn of Maria Shriver's Women's Conference report published recently summarizing that women today are far more unhappy in life than they ever were before. Fortunately Dove is fighting back in an almost MEmorial type of way by creating a campaign to combat with an eye for an eye exposing the fashion/beauty industry for the fraud that it is. Enjoy, and remember this the next time you think a lady looks pretty on the screen.
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