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SPEECH PLANNER

NAME: Kimberly Anne Dimal SECTION: DO21 DATE: 11/15/2021

TOPIC: Unrealistic beauty standard of the society

Speech Purpose: After hearing my speech, the audience will have confidence, courage and accept their
imperfections despite the beauty standards of the society.

I. Introduction
A. Attention-getter:
In the past generations, people have their own beauty standards for women. In ancient
times, they consider a woman beautiful if they have dark black hair. In Greece, they
considered a woman’s body as disfigured because it is different from a man’s body.
Well, there is a video that I watched, Nas Daily’s video about beauty standards. It said
there that in China they forced women to foot bind so that they become beautiful to the
society. In Britain, they make the waist small and in the United States, they make their
breast big. While in the Philippines, they considered women as beautiful when they
have lighter skin. Many Pilipina today inject glutathione just to have lighter and brighter
skin. They consider as poor if people have darker skin. Vicky Belo said that many women
risk their lives just to be beautiful and accepted by society. People have different
meanings of beauty. Some people define it as it is a quality of a person in their physical
body that gives pleasure to other people. Some define it as a quality of a person but in a
spiritual way. Some of us know that both of the said definition is correct. Beauty can be
seen in different ways and aspects then why do we need to stop declaring beauty
standards?
B. Central idea (i.e., your topic and your claim about it)
Women have their own uniqueness and beauty. They don’t need to hear or accept
judgment from other people’s points of view. Society has unrealistic beauty standards
for women.

II. Discussion/Body
A. First Point:
1. In today’s beauty standard, wearing makeup is a must. Women are expected to
wear make-up in their daily life especially when they go outside their houses. They
also need to pay and go to the gym daily to have a curvy and skinny body. If they are
applying for a job, HR will not investigate their skills, instead, they will look if you are
attractive or not. If you are not passing in their beauty standard, they will not hire
you. What is the matter to our society today? Women don’t need to look perfect
every time. Also, they don’t need to reach society’s expectations. Women are also
people; they have emotions and imperfections. It is wrong for the media to promote
 beauty standards. In this generation, many people use social media. We can’t avoid
seeing things like beauty standards on social media. Seeing this kind of content can
cause low self-esteem and disordered eating. A woman will compare their body to
what they saw in the media.
2. These beauty standards can also affect the mental health of a woman. They can
suffer from depression, anxiety, and poorer quality in their life. According to
American College Health Association, 30% of college women rated their personal
appearance as traumatic and very difficult to handle.

B. Second Point:
1. Girls are growing up being ashamed of their bodies. Women are not Barbie dolls that
can be changed anytime. Many women today undergo plastic surgery to achieve a body
that society will accept and consider as beautiful. Many celebrities today undergo plastic
surgery because their manager wants their artist to become more beautiful. These
celebrities are role models since they can be seen in every part of the world. They will
become the example that having a perfect body is considered beautiful than the normal
shape of the body.

2. There is no judgment to the woman who undergoes surgery. However, they don’t
need to deny that they change their body and faces and call it natural or born that way.
People who saw that it is a natural body will become confused, and they will try to
imitate it. If they undergo surgery, they must be proud instead of denying it.

C. Third Point:
1. People have different shades of skin color. They are not coloring books that can
choose what kind of color of their skin was to be. For Valens Munyaneza, social media
made beauty standards worst. We can notice that there are many applications that can
change the shape of our nose, face, body, and even our skin color. People nowadays
cannot post a picture without filters.
2. According to her article, No perfect body! We need to stop stereotyping beauty. For
Neerja Birla, a psychologist, we don’t need to have the insecurity of having dark skin.
Having brighter skin does not define beauty. All skin colors and tones are beautiful and
attractive.

III. Conclusion
A. Review (summarize points):
When we look in the betta fish (fighting fish). It is beautiful that he has a color for
example is blue. But when we add another blue betta fish, it is boring to watch them
swim with the same color. So, I will add a different color aside from blue for them to be
much beautiful. Just like in a woman, it is boring to see them look alike. We can define
beauty in different ways. But changing and risking our life to be attractive is not an
applicable way. Wearing makeup does not define the beauty of a woman. We cannot
 say that women have a sexy body if she undergoes surgery. We can’t even say that a
woman is beautiful if she has brighter skin. We can’t expect women to look perfect
anytime. They are also humans who have a bad day, emotions, and imperfections. The
woman is a very powerful creature. They don’t need society to accept them as long as
they accept their imperfections and natural beauty.

B. Clincher (e.g., call to action, inspiring quotation, etc.):

Having a beauty standard is okay but forcing them to reach those standards is not okay.
Let them decide if they want to change themselves for their satisfaction, not for the
satisfaction of others. Women have their own personalities and unique beauty. They
don’t need to change just to be fit in society. We must respect them and stop judging
them for whatever they look like. All of us are beautiful. God created us with
uniqueness. For the women out there, be proud of yourself and don’t even change a
thing. Have confidence and courage to face people who bring you down. Ignore people
who judge you and don’t let them enter your life. The right person will accept and call
you beautiful without changing yourself. Remember, “Beauty lies in the eyes of the
beholder”. Beauty does not exist on its own, it is created by the observers.

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