It has been defined in many different ways by different people. It has had different viewpoints and opinions throughout cultures and throughout time. Will we ever get the answer to, what is true beauty? I believe that our images of beauty obscure its true character. We’ve been eclipsed by the amazement of cosmetic surgery and the standards of beauty presently. Source B, “Hope in a Jar: The Making of America’s Beauty Culture”, talks on the social history of North American beauty culture. Source C, “Concepts of Beauty: A Feminist Philosopher Thinks About Paradigms and Consequences”, is an address made by a professor of philosophy on beauty. Source D, “The Democratization of Beauty”, is an excerpt from an essay about the personal and social impact
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In source D, it says “Cosmetic surgery thrives on our collective denial of aging and on our refusal to accept physiological limits. It feeds our envy of those who embody nature’s most powerful but fleeting charms youth, strength,beauty, and fertility. Its supporters praise its ability to change lives...” Just as it is said cosmetic surgery makes one revert to their golden years, which covers up the natural beauty that one was given naturally and conceals the true meaning of beauty. However, there are those that like to dress up a little bit to show off their natural beauty hoping to be more than another person looking gorgeous. In source D it states, “Since cosmetic surgery is, as historians David and Shiela Rothman have noted, “enhancement at its most pure,” it is a troubling case study of how American culture grapples with techniques designed for therapy that can be used to fulfill our personal desires.” Cosmetic surgery shows how dependent some are on technology to give them what they …show more content…
However in source E it says, “Nor is it fair, perhaps, to oppose the tastes of uncivilized people to the opinions of civilized nations. But then it must not be overlooked that the standard of beauty in civilized countries is by no means agreed upon.” This shows how one must not be judged by the standards of anyone no matter where they are from. However also, in source C it says, “Women are placed on a pedestal as exemplifying physical beauty at the same time as the great majority of women are considered drab, ugly, fat, loathsome. Being bombarded with messages about pardigms of beauty means not measuring up and often going to great lengths to attempt to measure up in some way. That is how the true essence of beauty has been blinded by the standards of beauty presently.All in all, I believe that our images of beauty obscure its true character because of the true essence of beauty that has been eclipsed by the amazement of cosmetic surgery and also the true essence of beauty that has been blinded by the standards of beauty presently. Now possibly by the end of this one can finally answer the truth behind the question, what is true beauty?In closing, human beauty is better represented through what’s within an individual then what
In source D, it says “Cosmetic surgery thrives on our collective denial of aging and on our refusal to accept physiological limits. It feeds our envy of those who embody nature’s most powerful but fleeting charms youth, strength,beauty, and fertility. Its supporters praise its ability to change lives...” Just as it is said cosmetic surgery makes one revert to their golden years, which covers up the natural beauty that one was given naturally and conceals the true meaning of beauty. However, there are those that like to dress up a little bit to show off their natural beauty hoping to be more than another person looking gorgeous. In source D it states, “Since cosmetic surgery is, as historians David and Shiela Rothman have noted, “enhancement at its most pure,” it is a troubling case study of how American culture grapples with techniques designed for therapy that can be used to fulfill our personal desires.” Cosmetic surgery shows how dependent some are on technology to give them what they …show more content…
However in source E it says, “Nor is it fair, perhaps, to oppose the tastes of uncivilized people to the opinions of civilized nations. But then it must not be overlooked that the standard of beauty in civilized countries is by no means agreed upon.” This shows how one must not be judged by the standards of anyone no matter where they are from. However also, in source C it says, “Women are placed on a pedestal as exemplifying physical beauty at the same time as the great majority of women are considered drab, ugly, fat, loathsome. Being bombarded with messages about pardigms of beauty means not measuring up and often going to great lengths to attempt to measure up in some way. That is how the true essence of beauty has been blinded by the standards of beauty presently.All in all, I believe that our images of beauty obscure its true character because of the true essence of beauty that has been eclipsed by the amazement of cosmetic surgery and also the true essence of beauty that has been blinded by the standards of beauty presently. Now possibly by the end of this one can finally answer the truth behind the question, what is true beauty?In closing, human beauty is better represented through what’s within an individual then what