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Real Women Have Curves: Unrealistic Beauty Standards Vs. POC Communities

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Gianna Constantine
Ernest Stromberg
HCOM 452
05/15/2023
Real Women Have Curves: Unrealistic Beauty Standards vs. POC Communities
Eurocentric norms have traditionally molded beauty standards, frequently excluding POC and fostering a sense of inferiority and marginalization. In Josefina López's play, Real Women Have Curves, the effect of Eurocentric beauty standards on POC communities is eloquently portrayed. The drama exposes the negative impact of these ideals on physical image, self-esteem, and cultural identity through the experiences of the characters. This essay will examine the play's exposure to the widespread effects of Eurocentric beauty ideals by examining the problems of the characters, the cultural setting, and the play's broader …show more content…

I grew up in a home where men were not present in my life, and I was raised by POC women some of which had old-fashioned views like Carmen. I know and watched how Eurocentric beauty standards have impacted the women in my life and even myself. I’ve gained a lot of information, history, perspectives, and experiences in how beauty standards impact different people, and feel this was an interesting and important issue to discuss and bring to light in this paper based on my extensive knowledge on the subject.
This is an important question and issue to discuss because this is something every woman deals with from a young age. Beauty standards impact even the smallest of girls and many are and were raised and shown the type of treatment Ana receives from her mom, especially in POC families. Women are constantly being told what they should and shouldn't do, how they should act, eat, respond, and just exist in general and beauty standards are yet another part of how society controls …show more content…

The beauty standard Latinx women are held to is ridiculous. Carmen believes her daughters need to lose weight and fit the beauty standards if they want to get married. In this article, the author captures this part of the mother very well, “In the film, we see the contrast between the ideas of Ana’s mother, which through what she sees on TV and has seen in her community along her life, dreams of which virtues men look for in their would-be wives. This idea may well depart from men’s real ideas about women, and specifically Latin women, where they may value their voluptuousness, wit and affection”(Adolescence and the risk of stereotypes: Real women have curves ... - USAL). She wants them to get married and have children like she did but her old-fashioned way of thinking I believe is her downfall in

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