Recently I was reading one of those newspaper inserts with advertisements, purporting to be articles, with various guru doctors who are guaranteed to make you better, younger, happier, more fulfilled, and you name it...
But first, they have to tear you down to build you up.
All to create the demand for their services.
Do you see anything wrong with this picture?
I have to say the silliest -- or most offensive -- or downright aggravating one was the one from the plastic surgeon who would fix my (your) (anyone's) breasts. He used phrases such as 'out of harmony' and 'deformed' and 'aging' -- guaranteed to make me (you) (anyone) run right down and sign up for his services. After all, he corrects other doctors mistakes, that might have left one's breasts mismatched or deformed or, oh dear, out of harmony.
I have this image of them singing out of tune.
He was describing natural breasts -- or breasts where the operations were not successful --
There's something odd about assuming that what is natural is really artificial -- or what is actually artificial is somehow natural. And what is really natural is deformed. From having children or breastfeeding.
Okay, then.
Are you confused yet?
I know there are problems best solved by the experts who will fix what couldn't be fixed a few generations ago. I am not talking about that. Many, many blessings to those who have had to find solutions no one wants to need.
But creating a false need by playing on women's vulnerabilities, creating a need for one's services where one doesn't really exist, tires me out just thinking about it.
And it makes me mad.
How about you?
If it weren't so sad, it'd really be funny.
And then there are the doctors who will make my teeth whiter or cure issues I don't even have -- but they've tried to plant a seed of doubt and worry for my future years.
I'm not going there -- and I hope you don't either.
Karin
Originally posted 2010-03-16 21:40:15.
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