ETHICS + SOCIAL JUSTICE 2106
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JOURNAL ENTRY | BEAUTY 1. What makes a person visually/physically beautiful? 2. What makes a person visually/physically ugly? 3. Do you think the concept of beauty is the same today as it was 100 years ago? If not, how has it changed? 4. How is beauty defined in your society? 5. What sorts of things affect our perception of beauty? What causes us to think that a certain thing is “beautiful”? 6. Although we usually think about people being visually beautiful, there other ways of being “beautiful”? Can you think of any? 7. There is an English proverb: “Beauty is only skin deep”. What do you think it means and do you agree with the concept? 8. Another proverb is “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. What do you think this means? Do you agree with it? 9. How important is it to you that your partner is good looking? 10. Do we expect more from beautiful people? Do we expect them to be friendlier or funnier? 11. Do you think that beautiful people are usually more successful? If so, in what way? 12. Do you think that beauty can ever be a disadvantage? When, and in what way? 13. Is there more pressure on women to be beautiful than there is on men? Why should this be? 14. How important is image and marketing (as opposed to talent) in the pop industry? 15. Are all pop stars and showbiz people, in general, beautiful? Who can you think of in show business who is not beautiful? 16. What is your opinion of beauty competitions like Miss World and Miss Universe? 17. What is your opinion of men wearing makeup? 18. What do you think of the idea of having plastic surgery to improve your looks? 19. What should be the minimum age at which people can choose cosmetic surgery? 20. What is your opinion of tattoos or piercings? Are you for them or against them? Do they make someone look beautiful or ugly?
Source: http://teflpedia.com/Beauty_conversation_questions
prepared by T. Nixon |
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