Perception of Beauty

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The media has brought with it amazing advantages in all aspects of people's lives, but it has also created certain unexpected troubles—one of which is a detrimental change in society's perception of beauty. From the minute we wake up to the minute we go to sleep, we are surrounded by expectations and perceptions from everyone around us. From Disney princesses to Photoshop perfection in magazines, either way; we are taught what “perfect” is from a very young age. When you hear the word ‘beautiful’ what do you think of? Size zero with long luxurious blonde hair and a 5ft 11” physique? Nobody ever really acknowledges the beauty of the little things. The short, or plus sizes, or as society claims ‘ugly’. Many teenagers struggle through everyday life because they do not or cannot match up to what everyone else wants to see. So therefore, this is what I would like to eradicate from the 21st century. Firstly, my question is: is beauty really skin deep? We see hundreds of advertisements each and every day; from television ads to magazines articles, media all around us changes our individual perceptions of beauty. From the way we dress to the weight that we must be in order to feel pretty. Anybody whom is deemed different can be considered as ‘weird’, ‘ugly’, or ‘outcasts’. Most people that society perceives as ‘odd’ are just misunderstood, but that doesn’t stop them from being beautiful. Beauty is completely influenced by personal opinion, feelings and taste and yet, so many people objectify it and place it in categories. Who can really say what is really beautiful when one opinion is that beauty is pale skin on a slim figured person with big round eyes… and then another opinion is that beautiful is a blazing winter sunset that sets the sky on fire? Why classify something so abstract and so intangible? The same goes for ugly: what is ugly? Who has the right to
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