In the book, Brave New World, the people are conditioned to believe they are supposed to look a certain way; if they don't, then you don't fit in. They believe that you're supposed to look young and beautiful throughout the end of days. In this society they don't permit the people to look older than thirty, they alter their physical appearance to meet these standards and fit in within their society.
People nowadays probably don't notice, we are being conditioned in believing how we're supposed to look physically . Media, like commercials, billboards, influence the way you view things. Most of the time, they promote the "perfect" body structure. In Victoria's Secret commercials, they are always showing slim models and telling you what you're supposed to look like. Many people have different views of what 'sexy' is, and in this comercial they tell you what it is and how it looks like.
When you don't look the same way the person in the add does it lowers your self-esteem, and you try everything in order for you to end up looking that certain way. And this is what the people from BNW's society is, they change their physical appearances in order for them to still look young, and never appear their real age. People in our society will never be satisfied by the way they look, they will never be good enough. In Bryan's blog, IMpossible Beauty he goes into detail why a person would never be "good enough".
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I agree with your thoughts about the brave new world society, thinking that you’re supposed to look young forever. I also have the impression that some people in the real world think that too, Getting plastic surgery for every flaw they feel can be corrected and covering their imperfections with make-up. Things like this make me wonder, how did Huxley predict some of the things that are actually taking place. Why do you think television and media affect our thinking and do you think there is something we can do it stop it.
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