Through The Mirror Of Beauty Culture Summary

The article “Through the Mirror of Beauty Culture”, by Carla Rice, describes the struggle women experience to fit in the ideal picture of “beauty” that society constructed. The main argument is to change our way of defining beauty. To support the argument, most of the cultures view beauty as women being used as objects and sex symbols. I agree with the author’s opinion about rethinking beauty.
The image of beauty changes by society and most importantly by media, because they are deciding what should count as beauty and what should not. For instance, advertisements about having a perfect body as an physical appearance produces so much stress and presents beauty standards. It's true that beauty matters, but what really matters is how beauty
The article is presenting an issue which many people don’t view it as problematic, but the author is shows the reader what does it lead to and he is now calling for a change. The main stereotypes identified in this article were such as: racial stereotypes “by portraying emaciated Africans as abused and coarsened victims of starvation and civil war” and gender stereotypes “...marketers sold makeup as a means for women to assert autonomy and resist outmoded gender expectations..”. The argument in this article is organized by explaining five different body projects which today is taking place such as weight and eating, eating distress, skin, hair, and breasts. The author wants us to make a change, but the question is how should we make a change? How should we change the image of beauty?
In conclusion, by reading this article the reader would get a brief idea about the relationship between culture and people’s appearance. The article focuses more on women’s status based on beauty in society, but I think it was more understandable if the author included information about men too. Although this article really makes the reader to think critically about what is beauty and how is it