Is there an obsession with physical beauty and physical youth in American societ

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   gmwilliamsposted 10 years ago

   Is there an obsession with physical beauty and physical youth in American society?  How does this
   
   obsession negatively impact girls and women?
   
   

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   peeplesposted 10 years ago

   In a sense there is an obsession with beauty. This ends up creating low self worth/esteem. On the other side though, as sad as it is, beauty is very important. Looks DO matter. Attractive people are more likely to get interviews for jobs. They are more likely to get jobs. They are more likely to get away with crimes. Studies have shown that teachers are more likely to give good grades to attractive students. Studies have also shown that attractive people get sick less,
   So while there is a down side to being obsessed with looks, there are also many positives to attaining beauty.

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   Lady Guinevereposted 10 years ago

   Yes there is an obsession and a bit of Obsessive/Conpulsiveness to the whole looks thing.  It does bring about low self esteem to many girl;s and women alike.  Who starts these things and what is their problem with themselves is what I would like to know.  Why does one person have to dictate what is beauty. 
   I also see something else in all of this...the power of money that all these people spend on making themselves the beauty of one person that spawned this all in our society. 
   Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and should never be epitomized and somene being ugly becasue they do not meet the standards of the person who is at the top of that ladder.
   Just becasue they are not deemed pretty or whatever else the stadard is set, NEVER meand they are not meant for someone else and vice versa and/or not competent to do what others can do.

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