Beauty

One class we talked about the concept of beauty ad by extension being desired. I have come to believe that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. There is no stock example to point at, that the whole world will agree that this is beauty. The features of us humans vary very much, so do our perception of beauty. Mrs Brady gave us an example of when she went to another country and  someone said she must be so beautiful in the winter, because of the fact that she was tanned. The social implication of being tanned lead to people believing you were of lower class and therefore the whiter you were the more beautiful in there perception. However tanning salons back where Mrs Brady is from is a booming business because the perception of beauty is having tanned skin. I used this concept to link to what i had learned in my previous Caribbean history class. The indigenous Indians of the Caribbean use to flatten the heads of there babies because they believe the flatter the forehead the more beautiful they were. i could go on and on with examples but i know my point has been brought across hat beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.