Jennifer Aniston Wants Girls to Know They Are Complete, Just the Way They Are

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“The objectification and scrutiny we put women through is absurd and disturbing,” she writes. “The way I am portrayed by the media is simply a reflection of how we see and portray women in general, measured against some warped standard of beauty.”

As Jennifer points out, this viewpoint is most damaging to future generations, who are learning that it’s acceptable to view and treat women that way.

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“The message that girls are not pretty unless they’re incredibly thin, that they’re not worthy of our attention unless they look like a supermodel or an actress on the cover of a magazine is something we’re all willingly buying into,” she writes. “This conditioning is something girls then carry into womanhood. We use celebrity ‘news’ to perpetuate this dehumanizing view of females, focused solely on one’s physical appearance, which tabloids turn into a sporting event of speculation.”

Perhaps what’s most unnerving—and as Jen states, should serve as a wakeup call—is the fact that throughout the last month, while reporters have been speculating whether she is pregnant or just “fat,” our country has seen major turmoil. She suggests that instead of spending time objectifying women, journalists would be better off spending their time covering issues like the upcoming election, BLM movement, mass shootings, and recent SCOTUS rulings.

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“Here’s where I come out on this topic: We are complete with or without a mate, with or without a child,” she writes. “We get to decide for ourselves what is beautiful when it comes to our bodies. That decision is ours and ours alone. Let’s make that decision for ourselves and for the young women in this world who look to us as examples. Let’s make that decision consciously, outside of the tabloid noise…We get to determine our own ‘happily ever after’ for ourselves.

And if you think all of the media coverage on her relationship and physical appearance makes her insecure about her body or not being a mother, think again.

“Yes, I may become a mother some day, and since I’m laying it all out there, if I ever do, I will be the first to let you know,” she writes. “But I’m not in pursuit of motherhood because I feel incomplete in some way, as our celebrity news culture would lead us all to believe. I resent being made to feel ‘less than’ because my body is changing and/or I had a burger for lunch and was photographed from a weird angle and therefore deemed one of two things: ‘pregnant’ or ‘fat.’”

From every woman who’s had a food baby (i.e. all of us), Jen, we’re with you.