So who told us "What is Beautiful is Good?"
SOCIETY!!
Society has socialized us as individuals to think the way we do about attractiveness. But is this fair?
Deborah Rhode, a law professor at Samford argues in her book "The Beauty Bias" that we must not discriminate on the basis of looks and even proposes a legal procedure to do so. She argues that " discrimination on the basis of looks is as serious as discrimination based on gender or race." (Rhode 20) Discrimination against unattractive women and short men is as prominent in society as discrimination on religion, age,and disabilities. She proposes legal sanctions to legally ban appearance discrimination. Critics argue that if we did do this, then sarcastically the next step would be to protect the bald, the skinny, the stupid, and the short people. Rhode argues that Michigan already has appearance discrimination laws in place and there has not been any uproar. In fact, there has been only thirty looks-discrimination cases filed per year, while one was litigated . Ultimately, beauty is not always in the eye of the beholder and women tend to struggle with living up to the appropiate standards that would consider them as beautiful; the attractive have to battle everyday to stay beautiful and the unattracitive have to go above and beyond, doing cosmetic work, dieting, and adding to their appearance in someway to feel beautiful inside and out. Society's opinion is what matters most, and the high expectations that it has set out for women are sometimes unreal but the ideal is considered standard and inorder to blend women must aim for the ideal.
Deborah Rhode, a law professor at Samford argues in her book "The Beauty Bias" that we must not discriminate on the basis of looks and even proposes a legal procedure to do so. She argues that " discrimination on the basis of looks is as serious as discrimination based on gender or race." (Rhode 20) Discrimination against unattractive women and short men is as prominent in society as discrimination on religion, age,and disabilities. She proposes legal sanctions to legally ban appearance discrimination. Critics argue that if we did do this, then sarcastically the next step would be to protect the bald, the skinny, the stupid, and the short people. Rhode argues that Michigan already has appearance discrimination laws in place and there has not been any uproar. In fact, there has been only thirty looks-discrimination cases filed per year, while one was litigated . Ultimately, beauty is not always in the eye of the beholder and women tend to struggle with living up to the appropiate standards that would consider them as beautiful; the attractive have to battle everyday to stay beautiful and the unattracitive have to go above and beyond, doing cosmetic work, dieting, and adding to their appearance in someway to feel beautiful inside and out. Society's opinion is what matters most, and the high expectations that it has set out for women are sometimes unreal but the ideal is considered standard and inorder to blend women must aim for the ideal.