WHAT IS BEAUTY FOR

THE 2021-2022 TEENS

AND SOCIAL LIFE?
To some beauty is solely dependent on how a person looks on the outside. However, to others inner beauty is more important than outer appearance. It is
difficult to fully define beauty because everyone has their own views about beauty.
In my view, beauty has to deal with how one is like in the inside. The term beauty was originated from Anglo-French beute. It was first known used in the
14th century as “physical attractiveness” and also “goodness, courtesy.” The meaning of beauty also came from several different places including: Old
French biaute “beauty,seductiveness, beautiful person” and Latin bellus “pretty, handsome, charming.” Two different trends of thoughts about beauty as
physical appearance as well as personality have been formed. The first interpretation of the word “beauty” is seen asouter appearance. For instance,
American culture tends to value the way a person looks. That value is transmitted from one generation to the next by families, peers, and media in the
process of enculturation. Young children come to adapt ways of thinking and feeling about physical beauty from their families first. The show Toddlers &
Tiaras is an example because it follows families of young contestants in child beauty pageants. Contestants’ moms train and force their young girls closely
resemble their adult counterparts including waxing eyebrows and wearing heavy makeup. Thus, these young girls are shaped to think that beautiful outer
look is the only thing to get them to win and gives them what they want.
Even though outer beauty is dominant, it does not mean that everyone has to agree with that idea. There are people who believe that inner beauty is more
important. Sadly, societies nowadays have narrowed down the appreciation of beauty to only visual sense, but we forget that the inside of a person can
also determine their true beauty. We tend to judge others’ quickly and harshly merely based on their appearance. For example, a guy with black skin, thick
beard, and big muscles is considered violent and fiery. Another guy is seen as cute and trustworthy because he has white skin and a baby face.
Those judgments are not often true because we do not get to know their real inner side. A beautiful looking person with an ugly heart is truly ugly. That
person’s ugly personality chases away the people around him or her. As a result, he or she will end up being ugly from inside out. In contrast, a not good
looking person with a beautiful heart is beautiful. Inner beauty is considered as personality and morality. They express their inner self by caring and loving
other people. Their inner beauty attract and create long lasting bonds with others. Inner beauty is always young, so it covers a person’s aged looking.
Despite of being old, a person with beautiful personality will always feel beautiful and happy because there are people who are willing to love and care for
them in return.
There are people who are perfectly beautiful because not only they own good looking bodies but also have kindness within their hearts. Besides the two
traditional meanings of beauty, the thinking about beauty has been altered and extended more overtime. Beauty is not necessary being felt and
appreciated by other people because it can be formed within one’s self.
To me, beauty is to overcome your bias against your body, learn to appreciate and love what you’re naturally created with.