Beauty Is Relative

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December 2009

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Content

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Introduction

Body sizes ideals

Body mutilations

Conclusion

Voltaire’s quote

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“Ask a toad what is beauty?He will answer:

A female with two great round eyes

coming out of her little head, a large fat mouth,

a yellow bellyand a brown back.”

--- Voltaire ---

Voltaire’s quote

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My criterions are not yours !

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Beauty is relative

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People in every culture have always sought to change the natural appearance of their bodies.

They reshape and sculpt their bodies.

These customs are diverse and particular to a culture at a specific period of time.

Body sizes ideals

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In some parts of Africa (Cameroon, Mauritania,…)

Obesity is sexy.

Body sizes ideals

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In the Western World,Thinness is sexy.

Berk…

Body “mutilations”

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Piercing - Perforation Tattooing Scarification Insertion of foreign bodies or materials Compression Distention Enlargement Plastic surgery

The Padaung women

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Ringed Neck Stretching (Myanmar)

The Mursi women

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Disked Lip Stretching (Ethiopia)

The Chinese women

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Foot Binding (Old custom)

A European 19th century Fashion

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Corsets and

Wasp Waist

A 20th/21st century Fashion

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Plastic Surgery…

Jocelyn Wildenstein

Michael Jackson

A Picasso-like Plastic Surgery(lol)

Beauty of Mona-Lisa

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Beauty of Mona-Lisa

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http://www.naz.edu:9000/~bio226w/cultural/cultures/BodyAlterations.htmhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/71151/body-modifications-and-mutilationshttp://www.megamonalisa.com/

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