Many people asked me about why people are so
obsessed about getting plastic surgeries. So, I did research
on it and found some articles. Well, it might be difficult to
think about the reasons, however, reasons are really simple.
Think about when we see people at the first time.
I think most of people see his or her appearance and
evaluate people's characteristics in the first place, whether
we are so warm hearted people or not. It is a natural instinct,
which means we consider appearance pretty much.
Also, the article mentioned about when people have job
interview, people who interview them consider appearances
as well. As time passes, it seems that the appearance is
getting more important.
The article also mentioned that when we see a mirror
ourselves, most of people don't feel satisfaction. (Well, because
there are no one who is perfect.) They think that, "Oh, my nose
is small." or "Ah, I think if my eyes become larger, I might look
more pretty.", something like that.
I think those two reasons are good. Well, to me, I think those
reasons bring more "lookism" to society. (Lookism means basically
people of the society only cares about or cares a lot about appearances.)
Most of people like handsome or pretty people. Surprisingly,
one of my friends even told me that she doesn't care whether
her boyfriend has good characteristics or not, if he is handsome,
that's fine for her. I think there are a quite many of women who
thinks like my friend. More worse, there are some people who
tease someone just because they are ugly. I think that's not
right, however, you know... sometimes I also evaluate people
by their appearance in the first place. If I see a man who has
big scar on the body, I might think that he is a gangster or
something. However he might have hurt by saving some
people or who knows?
Oh COME ON!! I bet you guys also have
those experiences! Don't tell me like you don't. I think,
there are no ways to make lookism go away. So, I guess
we have to try hard not to evaluate people by appearances.
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I completely agree with you. I think it is normal you talk about someone appearance that you just meet, because you have just that to talk about the person. But his/her appearance, not more than that. And I think the appearance do not say anything about personality/characteristics, because those things take time. We are more than what we look like. I think we can evaluate someone, but just whem we have enough to evaluate.
ReplyDeleteYou're right. It is very hard not to judge someone by their appearances. A perfect example just happened over the weekend on a British TV show called Britain's Got Talent, or something like that. A not-very-attractive Scottish woman got up on stage and instantly, the crowd and the judges thought she was just a crazy old woman, another person with a dream but no ability to sing. Before the performance, she even said she'd never been kissed, and she was unemployed and lived alone with her cat. Nobody expected her to be able to sing. I suggest you go to YouTube and search for "Susan Boyle" and watch her performance. It is very interesting how the audience reacts to her.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if she'll decide to get plastic surgery, since she's surely got some money that will come to her after this performance.