Editor's note: The writer, Seun Durojaiye attempts to speak to the conscience of society who she believes has played a major role in driving the self esteem of many women to the ground; by setting unrealistic beauty standards. The result is a generation of plastic women searching in the wrong places for beauty that was never lost.

The alarming rate at which women go under the knife to enhance their figure just to appear more sexually appealing is worrisome to say the least. In defence, new generational barbie dolls are quick to proclaim that its purpose is to build confidence and help a woman own her sexuality, but the question is: Why is the the physical body of a woman a measure of her encompassing beauty?

Plastic surgery became more popular to some, when the famous American Kardashian family made a fortune off selling vanity to the public and just recently, Nigerian women started jumping on the train and altering their God-given bodies.

It is easy to blame society for setting unrealistic beauty standards and subjecting women to a constant feeling of inadequacy, one which can be cured with the right beauty-enhancing products or these days, a visit to a plastic surgeon who can fix the 'problem.'

However, the real problem is the growing generation of women who are suffering heavily from low self esteem, because they believe what the TV and magazines says about what they see in the mirror. Ultimately, society has failed women in more ways than one.

There is no argument that it's great business for cosmetic surgeons who have invested good money, time and energy towards the education of developing the art of 'body sculpting' but such a world that promotes physical beauty over the real essence of a woman has clearly turned its inhabitants to prey and is feeding on it.

Of what good is the world when majority of its women are lost? In the past women were beautiful just because their emotional strength, their ability to love unconditionally, their wisdom and the spark in their eyes when they find peace or passion, all of which, contributed to an inner glow that spirits bowed at the sight of.

But welcome to 2018, where a beautiful woman has to be the replica of an air-brushed magazine model or risk getting body shamed or trolled on the internet. When did it become good for a woman to look like a sex doll because it is appealing to the eyes of a carnal generation?

Or worse, when did it become logical for a woman to risk her life, while spending her money just to look like a cartoon character?

It might look great in photos shared on the 'gram' but did it ever occur to you that the dangers from getting a butt lift or replacing breast tissue with silicon include: Bleeding (hematoma), infection, recurrent looseness of skin, deep vein thrombosis, cardiac and pulmonary complications, skin loss, to mention only a few.

In a case where affording proper surgery is impossible, some women search for quick fixes, cheap alternatives and reports have in the past revealed that they are more dangerous and in fact, several lives have been lost.

The earlier we realise that the new generation of women who are trapped in the beauty chasing system are headed for the abyss, the faster we start to think of solutions on how we can revive their ground-level self esteem and perhaps, save them.

Like it or not, we as a society owe it to women to remind them what true beauty is and this is because we made them forget in the first place. This opinion piece was written by Seun Durojaiye.

https://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/11/a-plastic-generation-women-and-fake.html

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