I don’t know about you, but I’m not sure that posting the perfect, often fabricated, body on social media is doing a lot of good for any of us. Sometimes when I look at images online, I really have to wonder if they’re even real. Of course, I know that most of them are heavily filtered or outright manipulated, but younger people might not have that same level of critical awareness. I’ve even chatted with a few London professionals at Charlotte London Escorts who have mentioned that the majority of body images they see on social media have been what they call “upsetting.” Well, I don’t think I’m the only one in my field to feel this way.
Most London professionals are generally quite confident when it comes to their looks. We work in an industry where presentation matters, and self-assurance is key. However, if images on social media can make even confident London professionals feel insecure, what hope is there for genuinely impressionable young people? I might be accused of making a mountain out of a molehill, but I honestly don’t think that I am. Teenage girls, in particular, are heavily influenced by social media, and they are the ones who follow a lot of these so-called ‘fake celebs’ and admire everything they do and how they look.
Should social media platforms take more responsibility for the content they host? I absolutely think that social media companies should take some form of responsibility and consider the significant psychological toll these perfect-but-fake images are having on other women who may not have a perfectly sculpted body. One colleague I work with among the London escorts says that she thinks these images make other women feel fundamentally undervalued. I agree, and I think it’s about time that we started standing up for ourselves and pushing back against this manufactured reality. Another colleague suggested that we all simply stop following these damaging accounts, and that is a thought certainly worth considering as a powerful first step.
Why are we so endlessly fascinated by the ‘body beautiful’? I know that society has always been fascinated with aesthetic perfection and the pursuit of idealized beauty, but do we really need to carry on this self-destructive cycle in the digital age? Personally, I have stopped sharing a lot of images and ‘inspirational’ posts that are sent to me. Like the other women who are London professionals, I know that many of these images are fake, and they can do a significant amount of harm to others when they are endlessly passed around the Internet. I firmly believe that social media companies should learn how to be more responsible. They are the ones who make an enormous amount of money out of what I can only call their clientele, and with that money comes a responsibility to protect their users.
Yes, I am sure that there are some people out there who are genuinely naturally attractive and genuinely sexy. Good for them is all I have to say. Sure, it is nice to look good, and it feels great to be confident about your body, but body shaming someone—or contributing to a culture that encourages it—is the absolute last thing any decent person should do. I know that the majority of the women here, among the London professionals, feel the same way about this issue. There is no need for this constant pressure and negative comparison. Instead, we should be telling young girls the truth: none of us are perfect. Life would be incredibly boring if we were all perfect, and when I look at myself in the mirror, I can clearly see that I am certainly not perfect. And honestly? I wouldn’t have it any other way. Embrace the real you. It’s far more interesting.