Human and Physical Geography Thematic Essay

Looks aren’t everything People judge others by the way they look rather than their type of personality. A person may completely look normal but might have some flaws that make them different. You wouldn’t know that just by looking at them, you would have to get to know the person to figure out what they are like. Even if we see someone sketchy walking in an ally in the middle of the night, we assume that they are a bad person, because they’re in an alley in the middle of the night doing who…

articles and decide on plastic surgery to stay beautiful, where Akst targets everybody as a whole and focuses on multiple ways of improving our appearance by defining what the meaning of beauty really is. Both Paglia and Akst stress the importance of physical attractiveness in the present world. For example, Akst argues that the reason we prefer more attractive people is “hard wired” into our brain and that being attractive helps out immensely (330). Akst even goes as far to say that human’s…

4th In finding a Perfect mate many factors are considered. Physical appearances are one of the foremost of these factors. These are followed by the person’s personality and other expectations. My mother and I were surveyed on these three categories and what we would wish for in a perfect mate. In these categories many stark differences were noticed, but on the other hand so were many similarities. When asked about what kind of physical traits my mother would prefer for me as a perfect mate…

Society nowadays have different definitions of what beauty actually is. Sometimes an individuals might see a person and think that person is striking, but someone else might have a different perspective of the person’s appearance. To me, attractiveness is not only about something that the eyes admire, but mostly about the personality of a person. I think true beauty lies beyond a face full of make-up, or the expensive piece of clothing that someone spend a great amount of money to wear just for…

Major retailers have found a new way to promote their bottom line, which is by hiring employees based on looks so that customers will raise their bottom line every year. After all a “guy wants to hang out in a store with good looking gals,” right? According to Marshall Cohen, a senior industry analyst, he feels that it is prerequisite for many companies to hire based on image, so they can enhance their brand in a competitive retail environment. When it comes to the issue of of hiring based on…

I believe Riley is a nerd because he does home work instead of hanging with friends, he goes to finance club and, he is ugly. First why Riley is a nerd is because he does home work instead of hanging with friends. When you decide to ditch your friends to do homework you are not only being a huge nerd but letting your friends down. Which in the future can make you lose your friends. In doing so you become even more of a nerd. In recent texts between Riley and some of his friends he said "sorry…

You probably aren’t as attractive as you think you are. It’s statistical, not personal. Most of us are average, very few of us are ugly, and a number of us are attractive or handsome. Many of us struggle with our own attractiveness, and with social networking becoming more popular it’s starting to impact our views of ourselves. The majority of us have social media apps on our phones like Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter that we are constantly logged into and looking at. So it only makes…

Aesthetic labor requires that service workers “look good and sound right” for the job, it highlights “the enjoyment associated with shopping and downplays the drawbacks of working in a substandard job” (Williams and Connell, p14). The demand of aesthetic labor also justifies “continued job segregation, holding responsible workers and customers – and not employers – for the sorting of workers on the basis of class, race and gender” (Williams and Connell, p14). We can see aesthetic labor in field…

meeting new people does appearance really say it all? Is it ok to judge people by what they wear? Should people take time to actually get to know someone new? When Hayden looks in the mirror he sees three important aspects of himself, which include his physical appearance, his personality, and his goals for the future. He has to stare for a while to determine his particular features. When Hayden gazes upon his appearance in the mirror he sees his individual attributes. He does not see his…

Times continue to change, and today, people still judge against a person’s physical appearance. As retailing companies become more competitive with each other, they continue to look for more ways to bring customers into their stores, which includes hiring employees solely based on their appearance than their abilities. In the article, “Going for the Look, but Risking Discrimination” by Steven Greenhouse, published in The New York Times on July 13, 2003, it talks about whether hiring employees…