Deoding Victoria's Secret Self Image
Victoria’s Secret and Women’s Appearance Marie D. Smith, the author of Decoding Victoria’s Secret: The Marketing of Sexual Beauty and Ambivalence, is a retired French and Spanish college professor. She lives with her husband, Claude Jay Smith, and her two sons in Jacksonville, Florida. She has received many awards for teaching from the Florida Association of Community Colleges, the Florida Foreign Language Association, and the Union Teacher Press Association. The Popular Culture Association published Smith’s article on Victoria’s Secret on October, in 2002. Smith’s Victoria’s Secret article explains how Victoria’s Secret is socially damaging to our society, and most importantly a woman’s self image. Roy Raymond opened a single Victoria’s Secret store in 1977, which was originally a store for men to buy their wives and girlfriends lingerie without being
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Victoria’s Secret is confident enough to change a women’s body into something “naturally” sexy, which determines women to believe they are not beautiful as they are. Smith uses a sample of magazines and web sites driven towards men’s obsession towards Victoria’s Secret models, which makes women’s self-esteem crash. A sample from an anonymous article posted in <formen.ign.com> states, “Tyra Banks just simple rules the planet…[H]er body could melt my hypothalamus gland in two seconds flat…[H]er majestic breasts is a rival to any other set I’ve ever seen” (Anonymous male 61). Men like this are a prime example of how Victoria’s Secret has damaged the view of beauty and self respect for a woman. Women’s self esteem downfalls because they feel as if they need a “Miracle” bra to enhance their curves for a man’s approval. Through the use of many sources, Smith proved Victoria’s Secret has damaged a man’s views on a women’s beauty, and a woman’s self esteem. Women should feel confident enough to love their own bodies for what they have, not what they can change and
Victoria’s Secret is confident enough to change a women’s body into something “naturally” sexy, which determines women to believe they are not beautiful as they are. Smith uses a sample of magazines and web sites driven towards men’s obsession towards Victoria’s Secret models, which makes women’s self-esteem crash. A sample from an anonymous article posted in <formen.ign.com> states, “Tyra Banks just simple rules the planet…[H]er body could melt my hypothalamus gland in two seconds flat…[H]er majestic breasts is a rival to any other set I’ve ever seen” (Anonymous male 61). Men like this are a prime example of how Victoria’s Secret has damaged the view of beauty and self respect for a woman. Women’s self esteem downfalls because they feel as if they need a “Miracle” bra to enhance their curves for a man’s approval. Through the use of many sources, Smith proved Victoria’s Secret has damaged a man’s views on a women’s beauty, and a woman’s self esteem. Women should feel confident enough to love their own bodies for what they have, not what they can change and