Culture Of Beauty In America
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CULTURE OF BEAUTY IN AMERICA
In this country, we as Americans have developed a strong a tragic obsession with beauty. From the endless advertisements and media feeding us with an unattainable standard of beauty, we have become desensitized to what is truly beautiful; corrupting our perceptions, ideas, and even ourselves to define what is “perfect”. The whole concept of beauty has been corrupted by the hunger for money by people selling dreams and false hopes, and rattling our confidence only to capitalize on our low self-esteems that they have created. Realizing how critically judgmental and shallow our society truly is only probes me to wonder, does how we look truly define who we are?
In the documentary “America the Beautiful”, they sporadically show a couple of average guys answering questions with their opinions on their expectations of a perfect woman, and what they responded with was absolutely horrifying. It was truly appalling to watch a couple of blue-collared guys sitting around drinking beers with …show more content…
It reminds me of this T.V. show that aired for a bit starring Jessica Simpson, where she’d go around the world and see how other cultures defined what’s beautiful. In comparison to this country, it is truly astounding to learn what other traditions perceive as attractive. In Asia, they prefer their women to be as white as snow. The paler you are, the prettier. So women over there actually bleach their skin and invest tons of money in white paint for their faces to appear the prettiest. While here in America, we have this grave obsession with being as tan as possible. In Fiji, the biggest woman is the most prized, while here people are literally dying to be skinny idolizing supermodel stature. So what really is the true meaning of beauty? Is there no unified meaning we can all agree on
CULTURE OF BEAUTY IN AMERICA
In this country, we as Americans have developed a strong a tragic obsession with beauty. From the endless advertisements and media feeding us with an unattainable standard of beauty, we have become desensitized to what is truly beautiful; corrupting our perceptions, ideas, and even ourselves to define what is “perfect”. The whole concept of beauty has been corrupted by the hunger for money by people selling dreams and false hopes, and rattling our confidence only to capitalize on our low self-esteems that they have created. Realizing how critically judgmental and shallow our society truly is only probes me to wonder, does how we look truly define who we are?
In the documentary “America the Beautiful”, they sporadically show a couple of average guys answering questions with their opinions on their expectations of a perfect woman, and what they responded with was absolutely horrifying. It was truly appalling to watch a couple of blue-collared guys sitting around drinking beers with …show more content…
It reminds me of this T.V. show that aired for a bit starring Jessica Simpson, where she’d go around the world and see how other cultures defined what’s beautiful. In comparison to this country, it is truly astounding to learn what other traditions perceive as attractive. In Asia, they prefer their women to be as white as snow. The paler you are, the prettier. So women over there actually bleach their skin and invest tons of money in white paint for their faces to appear the prettiest. While here in America, we have this grave obsession with being as tan as possible. In Fiji, the biggest woman is the most prized, while here people are literally dying to be skinny idolizing supermodel stature. So what really is the true meaning of beauty? Is there no unified meaning we can all agree on