Is being beautiful

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What is Beauty?
Is being beautiful important?
Who is beautiful?
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Who do Chinese say is beautiful?
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Who do Americans say is beautiful?
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Chinese beauty in the past
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American Beauty in the Past
Martha Washington
Audrey Hepburn
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Julia Roberts
Lie Yi Fei
But in todays world, ideas of beauty are
becoming more limited. Across the world, one
standard for beauty dominates.
Aishwarya Rai
In what ways do these women look the same?
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Why?
Why do people around the world now say she is
beautiful?
____ of American Woman (ages 12-40) are unhappy
with the way they look.
67
___ of Chinese women (ages 14-35) believe they
are too fat.
91
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Why do we believe some things are beautiful, and
others are not?
Do YOU decide what is beautiful?
In America (and China), advertising tells people
what is beautiful.
What is the goal of advertising?
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The goal of advertising is to SELL things.
But why would you buy this stuff if you felt
beautiful already?
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The goal of advertising is to make you feel ugly.
Then you will spend your money. . .
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If you feel beautiful, you will not buy beauty
products. You will not need their help. So
advertising must make you feel ugly. This is why
they use supermodels.
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Advertisers choose women who are extremely thin,
have had plastic surgery, or have features that
95 of women do not have. And you look at them
and think, why dont I look like that? NO ONE
looks like that, unless they have surgery, spend
lots of money on beauty, or do not eat.
The advertisers win when you feel ugly or fat.
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Advertising works.
450 RMB
8 RMB
Advertising is the heart of todays economy.
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Why is a thin woman beautiful and a muscular man
handsome?
Because women are told to be weak. Thin women
are weaker than big women. A man who wants a
thin girlfriend wants a weak girlfriend. He is
AFRAID of women with power.
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Thin does not mean beautiful.
This is a myth used to make women weak.
Advertising uses this myth. And the women in
the ads are getting thinner and thinner.
Chinese culture uses this myth to destroy womens
power, just like it once used the myth of bound
feet being beautiful.
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The new way of controlling women.
The old way of controlling women.
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Is this any different from these?
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Ideas about beauty are a way to control women, to
keep them weak, and to make them waste their
money.
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Sometimes these ideas about beauty get out of
control.

• That is when we should ask ourselves

HOW THIN IS TOO THIN?
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Eating disorders The UGLY side of being skinny
Donatella Versace, the famous fashion designer
Donatellas daughter who is now in the hospital
for anorexia
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Many people are so desperate to lose weight and
be skinny that they develop eating disorders
(????), like anorexia or bulimia. Anorexics
drastically limit their food intake, to the point
of starving themselves. And bulimics eat and then
throw up. The girls get skinny, but at what cost
to their bodies?
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How skinny is skinny enough?
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Nicole Richie
Nicole is the daughter of famous singer, Lionel
Richie, and has also had her own t.v. show.
Recently, Nicole has been in the media for her
drastic weight loss.
Do you think Nicole is beautiful?
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Karen Carpenter
You all know Karen. She was the beloved singer of
Yesterday once More.
Unfortunately, Karen was also the victim of an
eating disorder which took her life in 1983. She
was 34 years old.
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What bulimia can do to healthy, white teeth
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Anorexics can face loss of hair on their heads,
loss of teeth, low metabolism, heart attacks,
fine hair all over body, premature aging,
constipation, blindness, infertility, lack of
sexual desire, and more, not to mention DEATH!
This is Ana Carolina Reston a model from Brazil.
She DIED in December from anorexia. She was only
21 years old! At the time of her death, she was
1.74 meters tall and weighed only 40 kilograms.
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Would you rather be her.
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or her?
(The woman in the picture weighs only 48 pounds.
That is about 22 kilograms.)
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Reallywho do you think is happier?
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Real women can be smart, beautiful, and
successful WITHOUT being a size four!
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If you have a friend who is struggling with her
body image ( ??????????), make sure you make an
effort to tell her she is beautiful just as she
is.
Beauty comes in all shapes, sizes, and colors.
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The Changing Face of Beauty
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So, whats the point?
Just be yourself, no matter who that is!
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Do you want to find beauty?
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WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, LADIES
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IT WAS NEVER LOST!