Under the continuous wave of globalization, as people, ideas and goods move more easily in the globe, we are living in cross-cultural societies which have become more alike. However, there will never be a single, shared definition of female beauty. To some extent, the ideal beauty will even become more and more varied, due to the fact that we are living in increasingly multi-cultural societies, as well as the beauty industry is providing more diversified products.
A plural society where people of different religions and cultures live side by side plays an important role in shaping diverse ideals of beauty. While white is regarded as purity, innocence and virginity in Christian, it is the color of mourning in traditional Chinese culture ("White," n.d.). As a result, it was impossible for a Chinese bride to wear in white in the past. Nevertheless, due to cultural exchanges so far, Chinese people have gradually absorbed elements of Christian culture and white wedding dresses are now commonly accepted. In addition, because of poverty, some countries in Africa do not celebrate thinness the way Asian people do. Famously, the country of Mauritania idolizes overweight women since it is seen as a sign of wealth and fertility in their society (Phan, 2015). Yet, as a growing number of foreigners and foreign cultures were involved in their lives, Mauritanian have also learned to appreciate the beauty of thinness. In general, though fundamental religious and social values and
According to Susan, nowadays, people often view a woman as a mixture of both inside and outside beauty. However, people are still surprised by woman “who is beautiful is also intelligent, endowed, and good”. The idea of good looks as a central is derived from Christianity’s point of view. The word “beauty” is often represented as woman’s feminine side, just like “handsome” is often a demonstration of man’s masculine and good look. Even though, “beauty” could be used for everyone, but people be likely to refer to woman as a symbol of their feminine.
Beauty today may not entirely be defined by skin tone, but popular opinion seems to steer this way. I often don’t see modeling advertising featuring darker skin toned women; often they’re of lighter pigment. I think it goes largely unsaid nowadays, but the pain of stigma and the relations between those of darker and lighter skin tone remains the same. It’s not so subtlety swiped under the table until protested, while as in the author’s day it was more blatantly done.
With such a variety of beliefs found within a country, the values that
There are many guiding principles that our founding fathers placed in order to live a normal life such as respect and perseverance. The principle that best represent today would have to be respect. Their are so many different perspectives on religion and culture that we all should respect. We should all become more aware of bullying and other
Every individual cares about how they appear to others; their shape and in this informal, narrative essay titled Chicken-Hips, Canadian journalist and producer Catherine Pigott tells her story on her trip to Gambia and her body appearance. In this compelling essay the thesis is implicit and the implied thesis is about how women are judged differently on their appearance in different parts of the world, as various cultures and individuals have a different perception on what ideal beauty is. In this essay Pigott writes about her trip to Africa specifically Gambia and how upon arriving there she was judged to be too slim for a woman. She goes on to write about how she would be judged differently back home by mentioning “in my county we deny ourselves
In the book “Two or Three Things I Know for Sure” by Dorothy Allison the theme of beauty is brought to light in a way that is intersectional and develops the story to new heights. Beauty is discussed throughout the book and is one of the main themes. Allison talks about beauty when referencing her family and herself, and the idea of what it means to be beautiful in her mind based on how she grew up and where she came from. Normatively, beauty is associated with outward appearance and one’s identity, however beauty should be recognized as intersectional and include everyone, based not only on their outwards appearance but based on the beauty of their personality and thoughts because every human is beautiful in their own way. Dorothy Alison transforms
Chung accepted herself the way she looked and learned that the definition of beauty is “one that embraces differences and includes every girl, who can hold her head up, sang ka pul-less and chinky-eyed” (108). She hoped that her awakening about true beauty and acceptance would also help other Asian females, especially her mother realize that they are beautiful just the way God created them (Finding My
Imagine being told as a female in today’s world you must look or act a ¬¬certain way in order to be accepted. Being what you want to be is not allowed and changes have to be made in order to be included. They say “pain is beauty, and beauty is pain” as they way a woman looks today are completely different from ten or even fifty years ago. In this paper, the reader will understand the mind of a woman in today’s society and the difficulties to be not only accepted but being her own person as well. Not only has the appearance of a woman changed but also role titles and job descriptions as well.
Moreover, often highlighted in the values of this society is
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.
These factors can be religious functions, economy, advertisements, etcetera. The beauty ideal as we know it nowadays, of course, differs from the ones ages ago or at least as far as we know. So not only culture changes the beauty ideal but also the time we live in. In this chapter the change over time in the beauty ideal will be studies and discussed.
One of the categories in being the ideal woman is being conventionally beautiful because, according to the media, a significant portion of a woman’s self-worth rests in appearance. This can be seen through women’s magazines in particular, which promote altering one’s appearance leads to the significant improvement of one’s “love life and relationships, and ultimately, life in general” (Bazzini 199). Therefore, the media presents a direct relationship with beauty and success: the more attractive a woman is, the better her life will be. Thus, a woman must the take initiative to look beautiful in order to be successful. Through the repetitive exposure of the same type of image in the media, what society considers beautiful often resembles a definitive checklist.
In America the “perfect girl” nowadays has a big butt and breasts. However, in Asia it is all about the skin tone and face. The way the body is used is also involved, which includes domestic violence and rape. The two different aspects of the module that stood out to me were about beauty and rape. I discovered
Claudia recognizes that if we conform to the Western standard of beauty, we may gain beauty but only at the expense of others. However, Claudia learns to love Shirley Temple; Claudia “learned much later to worship her” (Morrison, page 16) This suggests that the idea of beauty is something that is learned and not natural or
Chinese women suffer from the unfair notion for thousands of years. The basic requirements of being virtuous women are “Three Obediences and Four Virtues (三从四德)”. The “Three Obediences” were “obey your father before marriage (未嫁从父); obey your husband when married (既嫁从夫); and obey your sons in widowhood (夫死从子)”. And the “Four Virtues” were “Female virtues (妇德)”, “Female words (妇言)”, “Female appearances (妇容)” and “Female work (妇功)”. (Sun, 2015).