Response Post~ Crystal Lau

"Personally, I do not believe in exchanging one's body parts when there is no apparent reason to do so such as a disability that would make life inconvenient. A person should be happy with what they are blessed with by nature. Human evolution is the result of humans adapting to the environment that they are in, meaning that what a person has right now is sufficient enough for their survival."

      I took this quote from Crystal Lau's post. I agree with her point of view about prosthetic body parts. If a person is born or isn't in need of a prosthetic body part, they should embrace who they are instead of changing themselves into someone they are not.
     Yet, I disagree with the part where Crystal says "Human evolution is the result of humans adapting to the environment that they are in, meaning that what a person has right now is sufficient enough for their survival". Yes, humans are able to survive the way they can now because of evolution, but the reason for many people to want to get prosthetic body parts is because they are not happy with the way they appear naturally. Now, there is make up, padding, and plastic surgery. These things appeal to many females and even some males in order for them to change the way they look: to exaggerate some parts of their bodies and faces or to hide parts of their body that they do not like. I don't think that anyone should change themselves for the purpose of looking better. Everyone has a little something they don't like about themselves. And while they should be the ones accepting themselves for who they are, they are the ones pressuring themselves into thinking they are not good enough or are ugly.
     I don't think someone should get themselves changed for the reason that they don't like the way they look because these people should learn how to accept who they are and the things that they were born with. Even if you change your looks, you are still yourself. In any circumstance, the way you were born is the way you will always remember yourself as. Making yourself look different using prosthetic body parts or anything like plastic surgery would make you look better, but on the inside, you are still you no matter how much you try to change your appearance.
     In society, we see models of perfection and everyone wants to become that because they are shown that that is how you have to look in order to be attractive. Changing yourself using this new technology is no different from doing what society wants you to do. The choice is between being yourself, which you should be proud of in the first place, or blending into society, in which everyone strives to look a certain way and requires the need for perfection. Which one is more worth being?