American Beauty Standards Compared to Korean Beauty Standards
Both Koreans and American have similar idea of the perfect body. American women tend to want a flat stomach, long legs and a very low weight. However, this ideal body is physically impossible to achieve for a large percentage of American women. For example, if the shows on TV channels like TLC, show how unrealistic it is to attain this goal. Like the show Botched, that shows the extent people would go to look a certain way to be accepted as “beautiful”. The same goes for men, the picture-perfect body to men is labeled as being tall, tan, full muscle tone and visible abdominal muscles. In Korea, women want to be short and thin with small busts. Being petite is thought to be most good-looking to these women. Korean and American women both view thinner women as more appealing than bigger women. Korean and American men also expected to have fit and muscular bodies. While Korean men may be of a small build, the muscle tone and strength of Korean and American men are very comparable.
In addition, small noses and big eyes are considered attractive to females of both countries. Having a …show more content…
The article we were given written by Hofstede explains it as “the degree of inequality that exists—and is accepted—among people with and without power” (Hofstede). It’s pretty universal that the majority of people accept the beauty standards in there on country. If a society has a high PD score that indicates that they accept there is an unequal distribution of power. I do think that this is true for Korea and for America. People all except that certain people fit these beauty standards and have more power. For example, most celebrities fit the ideals of the beauty norms, and as most of us can tell celebrates have power and influence on our lives. It is impossible to say that any society is completely equal. Someone always has power over the
Both Koreans and American have similar idea of the perfect body. American women tend to want a flat stomach, long legs and a very low weight. However, this ideal body is physically impossible to achieve for a large percentage of American women. For example, if the shows on TV channels like TLC, show how unrealistic it is to attain this goal. Like the show Botched, that shows the extent people would go to look a certain way to be accepted as “beautiful”. The same goes for men, the picture-perfect body to men is labeled as being tall, tan, full muscle tone and visible abdominal muscles. In Korea, women want to be short and thin with small busts. Being petite is thought to be most good-looking to these women. Korean and American women both view thinner women as more appealing than bigger women. Korean and American men also expected to have fit and muscular bodies. While Korean men may be of a small build, the muscle tone and strength of Korean and American men are very comparable.
In addition, small noses and big eyes are considered attractive to females of both countries. Having a …show more content…
The article we were given written by Hofstede explains it as “the degree of inequality that exists—and is accepted—among people with and without power” (Hofstede). It’s pretty universal that the majority of people accept the beauty standards in there on country. If a society has a high PD score that indicates that they accept there is an unequal distribution of power. I do think that this is true for Korea and for America. People all except that certain people fit these beauty standards and have more power. For example, most celebrities fit the ideals of the beauty norms, and as most of us can tell celebrates have power and influence on our lives. It is impossible to say that any society is completely equal. Someone always has power over the