B1 – Intermediate
The ideal for beauty includes flawless skin, shiny, healthy hair, big eyes, even features and a proportioned body shape. This ideal has remained true throughout our history.
People seem so obsessed with beauty that a pertinent question might not be what it is, but why it is so important to us?
Click the link below to have a better understanding why most of us value beauty more than intelligence.
Talking Points
- Do you think beauty affects self-esteem?
- How do you define beauty, using your own words?
- How popular is plastic surgery in your country?
- What are some of the negatives about being beautiful?
- Do you think beauty is related to power?
One reply on “Why Does Society Value Beauty Over Brains?”
1. I think it because some people don´t like themselves. Homewer, some people have a little problem with a special part of your body or face that they would have change it.
2. I think that beauty, in my opinion means that i see myself physically and phsychologically well because both are very important. The face expression of the people is very important to include at the canon beauty.
3.It depends of the year. The people don´t talk about the plastic surgery if any famous person have something concrete in their face.
4. The people usually think that you get your job or another things because you are beautiful. They never think first that you get something due to your intelligence or your experience.
5. I think that of you see yourself a beautiful person, you get a power to do anything you want because you desire in self esteem.