This lesson about beauty and perfection that was introduced on 11/03 was definitely one of my favorite. I enjoyed this one so much because again it is something that we as human beings all struggle with, this desire to be perfect, or ideal. But in reality it is impossible, and the quest to "ideal" is agonizing. We are introduced to this premise of perfection basically out of the womb. Why aren't there any chubby barbie dolls? Also, I find perticularly ironic about this quest in terms of the opposite sex, is just how skewed our ideas of "ideal" really are., is when it comes to the opposite sex and our skewed visions of what they find more attractive. In my intro to pyschology course at Albany my professor gave a lecture about a survey asking both men and women to pick certain body ratios that they find most appealing in the opposite sex. Then they asked them to pick what ratios they thought the opposite sex perferred. It turned out that they were both wrong. The studies showed that men actually like women heavier then what women think. And women like when men are not as muscular as men think they should be. To me that says it all. So who put these thoughts in our heads then? Who decided what was beautiful? Because it clearly was not a majority vote.
Another reason why I enjoyed this discussion is because this is something my mom always told me growing up. She always told me that beauty was in the eye of the beholder and that is something I hold with me to this day. And she always told me there was someone for everyone. Personally I think the most beautiful things are not perfect. Flaws make someone beautiful, they make them unique. We are always striving for perfection, it is part of our human condition. To many people let it get the best of them, and that is when they loose themselves.
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