Beauty
There are many definitions to the word beauty. Every person has a different way of determining if someone is beautiful. Many people from different cultures, places, and times define beauty differently. Body art, genetics, and even body modifications are considered beautiful by different people. Some may judge on physical features and others base it on personality. Even nature and the environment is considered a beautiful thing to many. As well as all over the world people harm themselves by practicing ancient cultural practices These different perspectives on beauty is what has created our world today.
One aspect of beauty that has damaged and influenced so many women today, is weight. Weight has impacted so many peoples lives in different ways. Models that are in the fashion industry are required to be very slender so that they can continue walking on the runway. I do not consider that beautiful. When were are able to see someones rib bones scratching your skin, legs so thin you think they will snap at any moment, and bodies that look like walking skeletons, that is not beauty. The casting agents choose the models based off their body. Many are emaciated and some even become anorexic because they want to walk to runway extremely bad that they feel they need to be. Others say that being fat and happy is best. According to Suzanne Britt, the author of “That Lean and Hungry” look, she believes that “thin people aren’t fun” and “fat people know happiness.” As well as, women and men that are chubby are “jolly and a hell of alot nicer than your average skinny person” (Britt). In others eyes, being fat is not such a good thing. Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, many people, like the one-third of the United States population is obese. That is 37.5 percent of our population that is now happy and jolly according to Britt. I don’t think so. Many of the 37.5 percent of america have heart disease, strokes and even type 2 diabetes. Not...