The Beauty Bizz: The People's Perception Of Beauty

In the world today, most people are very in tune with the attractions of the world around them. During her research, Kind found that we look for the things that will bring us joy. Kind concluded that we find joy in the things that are pleasant or beautiful. In this pursuit for beauty, we can often distort what is truly beautiful. We often do not give credit to the naturally beautiful things of the world. Beauty has affected our culture and the opinions of the people in it. However, we do not only rely on the media’s opinion of beauty. If we were to do so, we would focus on a beauty that is fleeting and superficial. We can see that beauty in human appearance is objective because of our uniqueness. There are variations on what is beautiful

Cultural change has affected the image of beauty since the beginning of time. During the Renaissance, which began in the 1300’s and ended in the early years of the sixteenth century; beauty was significantly different than it is now. According to The Beauty Bizz, “Because the heart of the Renaissance era dealt with the cultural movement which involved the idolization of art and literature from the ancient civilizations of Rome and Greece, the perception of what was considered beautiful changed.” Charlotte Kochanski describes beauty in those times saying, “The ideal beauty of that era was more voluptuous than perhaps any other time in history. Paintings from the Renaissance period often focused on women who would be considered fat today. However, at that time, their figures and forms were considered the height of sexiness.” During this time, women were very particular about their hairstyle. High hairlines provided a sophisticated look, so a wide and high forehead was an essential trait of beauty. Women would pluck their hairlines in order to get this desired look. Blonde-haired women were the epitome of beauty so women constantly lightened their hair. Some women covered their dark hairlines and darker locks under jeweled turbans or caps. Pale ivory skin was highly desired, so women used white lead powders to achieve this look. Servants, lower class

This helps us to see that women have value beyond their looks. Therefore, in our culture today we are noticing more and more that women’s positive actions and attitudes towards others demonstrates true beauty. It is overtly clear that our culture today will affect how we view the world. So, our views on beauty can become distorted. However, if we realize that we are each born with beauty, we can realize that any amount of beauty, inner out outer, can transform our culture. Once we transform the way culture sees beauty there will be no more striving for beauty, because we will be made aware that we already have it. The new concept will be one that heightens and magnifies the beauty we already have. Moreover, this can be done by focusing on making an impact on our world. If women strive for a beautiful personality this will affect how others see them. Since true beauty is inborn, we just need to find what makes our beauty stand