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The moment when ladies come to the realization that they are more than merely lovely dolls Are women merely a commodity that the age of market-based capitalism uses and appropriates to increase the attractive capacities of their products, or are women more than the physical representation of a society that is obsessed with glamour, places a high value on appearances, and is obsessed with appearances? There are hoardings of women endorsing a variety of products, whether they are domestic, culinary, technological, or even serving as brand ambassadors for educational institutions. There are hoardings of women everywhere we go today, whether we are in the high-end malls in the cities or traveling through small towns and cities where each street is crowded with hoardings of women. The fact that women are hardly ever seen to have any real association with education, employment, or upliftment as a category in themselves is what makes the situation extremely alarming. However, it is incredible that some privileged and attractive women are able to advertise for businesses that they may or may not have any connection to in their everyday lives. What is being discussed is that it is not a healthy progression in society for women to be seen only as faces that produce an attraction and would therefore successfully compel the buyers to purchase that product. The woman’s thoughts, her world view, and her dreams are in no way significant in any appeal to make the product worth buying. This is the main point that is being discussed. Despite the fact that she is a hired doll who has no agency of her own, she is a commodity that is being placed up for sale. She is scarcely even tied to the product beyond the glamour-related part of her own appearance. Therefore, if one takes a more in-depth look at the situation, one will come to the realization that, in the end, when it comes to concrete manifestations, it is only the product that is selling. However, at the most fundamental level, it is the woman’s physical self that is being purchased, consumed, and then discarded as a new package that is more appealing is introduced into the market. the question really does arise then , that women need to re imagine and reexamine their places in societies, do they want to remain poster girls and glamour divas without an agency significant only till the time that the outer, the physical lasts or do they as a community want to develop in themselves a more permanent, deeper meaning for their own existential queries, who doesn’t know after all that the physical vitality and the agility of the body are but temporary companions in this journey called life but what lasts forever is the inner resource, that time or grey hair does not snatch away. women must learn that their world views, their dreams and their standpoints in life, their judgments , their aspirations all matter much more than how they look- and if there is the pressure of looks and if you live in a space where you are valued only because you look a certain way, then you need to be aware that the moment your looks will disappear that society’s love for you will disappear too. that is why, no matter how blind folded we tend to become in the consumerist cultural ethos that has turned women into commodities like soap and refrigerator , we as women must not remain satisfied with a culture that does not acknowledge the world that lies within us, that fails to dive into the depths of the ocean thinking that its only a small bucket! Come out of the posters, come out of the item numbers, come out of an occupation that treats you like a pretty doll with no brain, come out of something that treats you like a pretty doll with no brain, come out of being a dreamer, be a thinker, and be a doer; you are more than the beauty of your face.