UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARÁ

PROGRAMA INGLÊS SEM FRONTEIRAS- ISF

FASHION AND BEAUTY: THE ILLUSION

OF PERFECTION

Teatcher: Camila Lopes

Students: Adriele Nascimento
Gabriel Gomes da Silva
Thayanne Cristinne C. de
Menezes
What’s beauty?
What’s ugly?
1. The standard of beauty and society history
1940 1982
1200 b.c Rebirth of
art Hollywood
2010
Home
The first Gym
Gym Venus Perfect
Body

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Prehistory
Average 1900 1960
The 1990
age
Paleolithic The father of The body Supermodels
Venus Dive in the bodybuilding
curves
dark
 2. Reasons
• The social, cultural and economic context of a society dictates
the changing standards of beauty.

• Mathecos (2009) argues that capitalism and consumerism

influenced directly under the standards of beauty.

• Media are the main spreaders of the illusion of beauty.

• The man seek incessantly satisfaction and acceptance in society.

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The finding for a ‘perfect appearence'
The finding for a ‘perfect appearence’
 How does it affect people lifestyle?
 In 2004: The Real Truth About Beauty comissioned by Dove
How does it affect people lifestyle?
 Possible Consequences
 Social Isolation  Physical and psychological
problems
Body dysmorphic disorder(BDD)

 The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and

Therapy defines BDD as
“preoccupation with a defect in
appearance, causing significant
distress or interfering with social,
occupational, or other important
areas of functioning.”
 “Distress and dysfunction associated
with the disorder can lead to
repeated hospitalization and suicidal
behavior,” states the Merck Manual.
Body dysmorphic disorder(BDD)

Vigorexia Anorexia
What kind of beauty really matter?
 “ideal image” – ideal results?
 The humans has the natural hability to perceive beauty,
but is the external beauty the most kind of beauty?
 What each one of us may do for more tolerance?
 Is the media viewpoint right?
 Join the beauty parameters really can make people
happy?
Tolerance and acceptance is the way!
What is really important...
 WHAT are the criteria for judging true beauty? “Beauty is
in the eye of the beholder,” according to a well-known
adage. Indeed, the perception of beauty is widely
considered subjective. Furthermore, the popular notion of
just what constitutes beauty has varied a great deal from
culture to culture and from era to era. ( Awake! 12/22/2014)
Ways to solve the question
 Talk about this subject wherever you are
 More adversiments telling people they are beautiful as they
are.
THANK YOU!