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?
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Discussion Questions:
- 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?
5 replies on “Why Does Society Value Beauty Over Brains?”
1- Yes, I think so, because having good self-esteem helps you feel better.
2- Uniform features, although for me, intelligence is part of beauty.
3- It’s very popular, which worries me, because it becomes a business.
4- It can generate negative reactions from people who aren’t.
5- It could be partly true, although it shouldn’t be.
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1. Do you think beauty affects self-esteem?
I think so. Beauty gives you confidence and high self-esteem, and others often see you as a smarter person.
2. How do you define beauty, using your own words?
For me, beauty can be divided into two types: internal and external beauty. External beauty is your appearance, how pretty you are. Internal beauty is how good a person you are.
3. How popular is plastic surgery in your country?
Plastic surgery is very popular because people are obsessed with their physical appearance. They want to look pretty and young.
4. What are some of the negatives about being beautiful?
The negative part is being obsessed with beauty and not accepting that beauty is not only external but also internal
5. Do you think beauty is related to power?
Yes, because if you feel beautiful, your self-esteem increases and so does your power.
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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.