The seemingly imperative accessory that is worn by most women, makeup.
A touch of gloss to create an illusion of voluptuous lips, a thick black trace of eye-liner that accentuates the form of the eye, a dash of powder to add vibrancy to cheeks, and a seal of eye shadow to deepen the depth and dimension of her eyes. Makeup.
Although I understand that beauty is in the 'eye of the beholder', a knowledge issue that I often encounter is the extent to which the use of makeup serves a deterrent to recognizing 'true beauty'?
The media contains a plethora of misconstrued ideals of beauty; light skin; extreme thinness; painfully white teeth; and protruding and large breasts. The average female does not have all these features, yet the media is not representative of this fact. Consequently, you have a large population of females who are attempting to attain the fictitious ideal of beauty, with an emphasis on makeup. Additionally, you then produce a society that defines a female's attractiveness in this respect.
Now, with that in mind, I find it really hard to accept the fact that people say beauty is subjective if a consistent (and distorted) image of beauty is presented. If you ask a panel of people to rate a female's beauty (ranging from no make-up to increased make-up), there will be a positive correlation as the amount of makeup increases.
Although there is a predominant understanding that excessive/heavy make-up is unattractive, there is a prevailing belief that make-up usage makes a female appear more attractive. This begs the question, is there an inherent universal 'understanding' of what beauty is? Or is this universal perception a result of the presentation of beauty in the media?
Yes beauty is subjective, but to what extent?
Hi Tori,
ReplyDeleteWhat a smart and diverse collection of knowledge issues you raise here. I really appreciate how you have incorporated visual images to support and provoke readers responses to the ideas. I have to commend you on the Miley Cyrus post in particular. I would think about reworking it into an editorial or letter to the editor of a local publication.
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