Perception VS Reality 

If steroids are illegal for athletes, shouldn’t Photoshop be illegal for models?  

So I thought long and hard about this question whether or not it's right, I'm not entirely sure. Perception can be deceiving, quoting from 'The Telegraph' I found this to be appropriate to my question - Airbrushing means that adverts contain completely unattainable images that no one can live up to in real life. 

I agree with this statement, yes we put on a false face every day of our lives to get through daily events - but this shouldn't be shown through advertisements as we need to protect individuals from these pressures from society.

So who are these culprits?

Why are they doing this to us when we are already unstable within ourselves and as a country?

With the Olympics coming up later this year we will see many athletes bulked up to the max, looking very fly! ;) Athletes dedicate their entire career to become the best of the best. It takes years for them to become who they are, and what they are; Shown through their physique, ability and sheer determination.  

Whereas it takes five minutes for somebody to create a false perception, through airbrushing something that is natural and attainable; to then create something unrealistic and unattainable with any amount of dedication.

However looking at it from a different angle we are able to see that:

“There is so much pressure on modern day sportsmen to be invincible that they almost do not have an option before them. They are subjected to limits everyday and are almost forced to take the hard decision to accept steroids.”

E-steroid.com

I also see that competition can drive people to extreme lengths of falsehood and this goes against the normal perception. When will we see an end to insecurity and placing falsehood before the truth?






P.s I don't know why all this text is highlighted white. I tried everything to get rid of it ;)