This should be aimed at something though
Thing is beauty shouldn't be hated. Anything that isn't exactly symmetrical or with the best type of genes inherited shouldn't be hated either because people can well compensate in a ton of other areas when they don't fit in the "example of modern standard of beauty" tag. And so this does not make them undesirable human beings. Something should be done with the "go for the cover, don't look any further" and the throwaway society prototype (created how? let s ask ourselves)
In fact to understand why people prefer a good physical aspect you should look, first, into it biologically. You shouldn't direct so much hate towards something encoded genetically. But you do have a point when it comes to obsessions and unhealthy standards, the kind we tend to lock ourselves into and create really bad scenarios. We have to work with tolerance and someone has to remind us all the time about balance as we tend to over-do it or not do anything at all. Western-wise, the members with a good, well worked, tall physique and slimmer on the girls side, no bad facial/skin/weight problems and so on indicate not only a healthy human being but someone who takes care and respects themselves. This is, by default, a major factor in selecting your partner in many animal species on this earth. Coming from mid. Europe, if you think Americans have a thing for dressing up and kind of sometimes bad physical standards (something I've never noticed) go to France, Italy... lol. What you should have is some kind of "oh my god we have to do something" reaction when no fantasy but numbers tell you that
more than one-third (34.9% or 78.6 million) of U.S. adults are obese and the diabetes...
And yet you are free to be different, you don't need to adhere to the "top show magazines and tv channels with stars telling you the latest trends" and you will be even happier. No one will burn you at the stake for that anymore, if you are just a tiny bit smarter. Or unless you're in Turkey or North Korea, right now, heh
#justworldproblems
Have you read about South Korea's 18 birthday plastic surgery? This is one of the most disturbing things I've seen as far as the western beauty standards propaganda is involved. In fact many Asians will use that special adhesive so that they "hide" their double-eyelids. There was a funny picture with an almost naked long haired blonde, kind of "big sized", in front of the mirror doing the duck face, and the comment below were like "Our grand-children in 50 years while surfing Facebook" or "What if our grand-grand kids will look at our photos like we look at those old black and white ones of our parents and will say *omg so beautiful look at them so natural, only some make-up not plastic surgery like us these days*".
Do you also remember those comics and books or cartoons about people not being able to go outside without wearing gas masks due to pollution? SF scenarios haha........ not anymore. Look into the Beijing problem for instance or killer-smogs.
Waybread also got to it from a nice perspective... we also feel the peer-pressure and give in to it, it has to do a lot with education, culture... starts from family and being a rational human being. But I have a feeling most try to "think" today with their smartphones rather than with their brains
and sun.