Q: How do you respond to the arguments that have been made in this week's reading? Is our popular culture healthy in regards to beauty? Do we focus on physical appearance too much?
A: I, along with most of you, agree that a lot of people's perception of the word beautiful has changed due to the poor representation by the media. I think that with the way some things are adversited (for ex: lingerie and makeup), it gives a poor example of what people are really trying to say beauty is. I don't believe popular culture is healthy, I think that we need to broaden are views and not always look for the flaws in people physically. I think that in some way, shape, or form there can be beauty in everyone. Some people know how to show it, while others don't.
If people's perception of the word "beautiful" has changed, does this mean their understanding of the word used to be something different? If so, what was it?
ReplyDeleteThe phrase "Some people know how to show [beauty], while others don't," still implies that beauty is an outward quality, rather than something inward. That seems to contradict what appears to be the focus of your early writing in this post.