Resolutions: Time and money spent on appearance is waste Pro: A: People are spending way too much time and money on trying to look perfect. R: Money problems will not seem to slow down. Their parents gladly pay the beauty bill for their little ones. E: According to Newsweek Magazine(May 2009), by the time the average ten year old girl is 50 years old, she will have spent nearly 300,000 dollar on just hair and face. One people name Dara Einhorn, opened a beauty salon especially for children under the age of 12. She says "It's normal for these girls to have a beauty day. They will spend 50 dollar on a hair cut and maybe another 150 dollar for straightening or highlights. They make a party for it!" I: Many of office worker wake up early …show more content…
For well-appearance is not good for our health. It can get big trouble of skin when we use many of cosmetics, like cream, lip gloss, lip sticks, tint, ect. E: Example, when we use blemish balm cream, our skin will be white and looks like clean. But when we use it, our skin get in deep trouble. Our skin will have many of pimples. Also, our skin will dry. I: Many people said when they use cosmetics, their skin gets dry and also have pimple. Con- A: Pretty or handsome appearance is key to success at society. R: When we meet someone, we look his or her appearance first. Personality is important source too, but first looks are important too. If you get a good feeling as first impressions can form a lasting relationship of mutual. But If the first looks are bad, in the first meeting will not be any more progress. E: According to many people, they said they look first look importantly. I: Almost of people see first look importantly. And it is essential key to success. CON 1.There is a reason why people spend hundreds and thousadsof dollars every years to look beautiful 2.We are beautiful or pretty we get popularity 3.Around the world, parents spend money on their children to try to open doors to a successful
The author also describes how much appearance is important to us. In what point of time did we allow our society to tell us what is and is not beautiful. People worried about what others would say or losing friends because their teeth are not perfect or they are not skinny enough. Your appearance should not take away from the person you are on the inside. We entrust dentist and plastic surgeons to cause pain to our bodies to meet societies expectations of beauty and spend thousands in the
Nature… cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they may be useful to any being. This quote means nature does not care what something looks like as long as they are beneficial to any being. This quote applies to actual nature, but also the nature of a person. The appearance of someone doesn't affect any being, it’s what they do to it.
How attraction is defined? Is it physical, or mental? Is it our own desire, or what society deems as desirable? Many people might think that women would give up their beauty to get better education or to have high positions. The thing that makes people think that way is gender identities, which are defined as some morals and behaviors that men and women should follow to fit into the society.
B. There is more to beauty than what meets the eye. a. Many people base beauty on outer looks alone rather than taking the time to see deep into the spirit of beauty, which lies under the skin. b. In Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, the monster's actions are a reflection of society's prejudice towards his appearance. c.
Like people, it is the inside that counts.” The quote states that we humans make a judgment based on appearance before getting to them and potentially become friends. In the movies “Mean Girls”, “Let 's Be Cops” and “The Outsiders”, a demonstration of when it is okay to judge people based on appearance is present. In the movie Mean Girls, there was a focus on the appearance.
There are fifty-two weeks in a year. Of those fifty-two weeks, forty-seven are used for work and only five can be used to rest, relax, and recharge. What happens after those five weeks? The only thing left is to return to work at the same monotonous job as before. It seems like those five weeks should be used to their fullest extent, but they often are not.
In the essay What Meets the Eye, Daniel Akst argues that look or beauty does matter in the daily life, that is, people’s life can be largely influenced or even controlled by look. Through reading Akst’s essay, I completely understand how people have different perspectives of others, as many people pay attention to and worry about how they look in the daily life. And people tend to judge others by their beauty or looks to a large extent. Akst’s ideas quite conform to and reinforce Paglia’s points that pursuing and maximizing one’s attractiveness and beauty is a justifiable aim in any society, and that good surgery discovers reveals personality. Both of them hold the idea that beauty plays an important role in people’s life and it is significant to enhance one’s beauty and attractiveness.
This article by Horace Miner is, in a way, a comparison that is used to describe the American society. After reading the article for a couple of times, I came to realize that the name of the tribe, Nacirema, is American spelled backwards. Article also states that the tribe and its culture are characterized by highly developed market economy, which is also characteristic of the economy of the Unites States. What is so unusual for civilization living in such advanced economy and market are their rituals and traditions. The people from Nacirema culture pay great attention to their health and were ready to deal with irrational pain levels and procedures to achieve health and great looks, just like we are nowadays.
The media portrays these unrealistic standards to men and women of how women should look, which suggests that their natural face is not good enough. Unrealistic standards for beauty created by the media is detrimental to girls’ self-esteem because it makes women feel constant external pressure to achieve the “ideal look”, which indicates that their natural appearance is inadequate. There has been an increasing number of women that are dissatisfied with themselves due to constant external pressure to look perfect. YWCA’s “Beauty at Any Cost” discusses this in their article saying that, “The pressure to achieve unrealistic physical beauty is an undercurrent in the lives of virtually all women in the United States, and its steady drumbeat is wreaking havoc on women in ways that far exceed the bounds of their physical selves” (YWCA).
Thirdly, we can discuss the healthy and suitable way to achieve your own personal appearance goals. Fourth, we can change up the media and celebrity culture. By allowing a wider variety of figures into this industry it will allow women around the world to feel comfortable in their own skin. Fifth, we can eliminate the comparison and competition we have with one another to “look the best” and “be the sexier women.” Lastly, and this goes to all women, we must learn to have respect in ourselves and look after ourselves and one another to be beautiful individuals in our own, unique way (Ramsey).
Flawless aesthetics is a goal that many individuals strive towards, women especially. In recent years, American society has been making efforts to subdue this trend. The revolutionary movement teaching individuals that they are beautiful in their own way is diminishing the negative attitude towards natural beauty. Through social media, celebrities and even cosmetic companies this mentality is being practiced around the globe. It convinces people that makeup and artificial alterations are not necessary, and current makeup trends reflect this approach.
According to Britton (2012), last 2008, YWCA USA developed a report Beauty at Any Cost wherein they discuss the consequences of beauty obsession of every woman in America. It shows that beauty obsession results from a decrease in the level of self-esteem. It also gives a problem to the Americans because it’s also putting a dent in their pockets. It states that because of those cosmetics many people have decreased the level of self-esteem because of those cosmetics.
Also, cosmetic procedures have increased by 39% over the past five years (from 2011) with surgical procedures up 17% and nonsurgical procedures up 44%(ASPS statistics). It shows that young women are willing to put themselves in danger because they feel the need to meet society's expectations of beauty. When going into cosmetic surgery, there is a risk of death or side effects that people are aware of, but still undergo the procedure. All because we live in a world where first impressions are made by how we look and thanks to magazines advertisements they set the “ideal” look for us and we all try to reach that look no matter how it
When one first meet her, one has to admit, first thing they notice is her looks. Right? “wow she have it all” or maybe the opposite. Beauty for women may be easier for them, like getting out of an officer giving them a ticket or walking into a restaurant without a reservation. Beautiful women could get more smiles, more handsome men, and better treatment sometimes.
33 percent of the women studied were concerned with appearance associated with aging such as sagging, wrinkles, and weight changes. However, only 21 percent of the men were concerned with how age affected their appearance (Olson, 2015). The double standard is also seen when observing the fact of women wearing make-up on a daily basis. The idea of appearance and growing old puts pressure on girls at a young age to wear make-up to enhance their physical appearance at all ages. Men do not wear make-up, but women will use makeup to disguise physical features associated with age.