The Oxford Dictionary defines the word beautiful as ‘pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically’. But in practice, the society has created its own stereotyped and biased definition of beauty and beautiful. Since times immemorial, we have been systematically moulded into believing the set notions of beauty. For generations, for a woman to be called as beautiful, she was required to have a slender build, a generous bosom and a narrow waist in addition to being fair. A defined jawline, high and sharp cheekbones, an angular nose and the lips full, but not distractingly so. The eyes, ideally large and bright. Hair to be long, thick, and flowing. Symmetry was desired. As for men, they were supposed to be muscular, toned, shaped and possess other masculine characteristics. The ones differing from these was termed unattractive. But who does one decide what’s pretty and what's not? Who has written these codes of...
Kavya Chaudhary
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Aug 10, 2020