Female Modeling

by A.Rrajani Photographer A.Rrajani

Many people often inquire as to whether or not female modeling is degrading. This is a valid question to raise, and one that deserves some thoughtful consideration. It is easy to see how someone could think that modeling is degrading when you consider that it is men who pay the bills for most of the models in the fashion industry, even though women do the majority of job modeling and they do it with a lot more dignity and class than their male counterparts. However, one would be hard-pressed to say that modeling is degrading simply because there are plenty of women out there who are extremely successful in the fashion industry without having to model for anyone.

While some women will take it extremely personally if they are criticized for being too thin or not looking like they could with a certain type of clothing, other women will not take it so seriously. After all, it is the job of the model to look good!

What is more, many women who choose to enter the modeling industry have to endure the same levels of scrutiny as men. This is because modeling agencies tend to hire only the best, even if those models are women. This can be very unfair for female modeling since those same models might not get the chance to get chosen by modeling agencies if they did not work as hard as the models who did get chosen. Therefore, while female modeling is certainly not degrading, it might be fair to say that it is no more prestigious.