When people call something beautiful today, they, for the most part, refer to the physical qualities, however, the phrase “beauty is what is in the inside, not what’s on the outside” has also been said and followed. This leads to the conclusion that there are two types of beauty: inner beauty and exterior beauty.
Physical Beauty
For a long time, women have been judged for their appearances and faced material and social consequences if they don’t conform to the cultural standards of beauty. According to a 2004 study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, obese women were paid and hired lesser than thinner women because obese women have the label as being lazy, and sloppy. In addition, according to Forbes.com, a website that publishes original articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics, states that men who weigh more get paid more than thinner men because thinner men symbolize weakness, and nervousness whereas bigger men symbolize helpful and brave, demonstrating how our society values physical appearance and the connotations that society has created for each body type.
Beauty is purely physical and what the human eye sees as attractive. This idea is supported by Philosopher Edmund Burke who was seen as a …show more content…
This can be traced back to Plato’s Philosophy of Beauty, Plato was an important figure in Ancient Greek, he is a renowned philosopher, who states that beauty is not a materialistic feature but that beauty is dependent on the nature of the person. Beauty does not appear in the material form, and so it is not visible to the human eye, it is something to be understood. Conveying that beauty is found in the attitude held by the individual. This is also seen in the nineteenth century when beauty was identified in those who were deemed to have character, morality and spirituality (Rice 235). This goes back to the idea that beauty is what is in the inside and not what is on the
Physical Beauty
For a long time, women have been judged for their appearances and faced material and social consequences if they don’t conform to the cultural standards of beauty. According to a 2004 study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, obese women were paid and hired lesser than thinner women because obese women have the label as being lazy, and sloppy. In addition, according to Forbes.com, a website that publishes original articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics, states that men who weigh more get paid more than thinner men because thinner men symbolize weakness, and nervousness whereas bigger men symbolize helpful and brave, demonstrating how our society values physical appearance and the connotations that society has created for each body type.
Beauty is purely physical and what the human eye sees as attractive. This idea is supported by Philosopher Edmund Burke who was seen as a …show more content…
This can be traced back to Plato’s Philosophy of Beauty, Plato was an important figure in Ancient Greek, he is a renowned philosopher, who states that beauty is not a materialistic feature but that beauty is dependent on the nature of the person. Beauty does not appear in the material form, and so it is not visible to the human eye, it is something to be understood. Conveying that beauty is found in the attitude held by the individual. This is also seen in the nineteenth century when beauty was identified in those who were deemed to have character, morality and spirituality (Rice 235). This goes back to the idea that beauty is what is in the inside and not what is on the