Only Standard of Beauty?
Have you ever heard popular saying " If you are overweight, you are done"? It reflects a number
of people's concepts about what beauty is. In their mind, slender figures are the only standard of
beauty.
Three reasons would contribute to this way of thinking. To begin with, influenced by pop stars who
like showing off their slender figures in various mass media, some people consider them to be their
idols and daily role models, and try every means to be as thin as them. Moreover, the negative
effect of being fat has been exaggerated, which leads to a fallacy that a fat person will be
definitely subjected to ill health or sickness. Last but not least, there seem to be more fashion-
able and fancy clothes available for slender figures. Fewer fashion designers are known to design
clothing and accessories specifically for plump figures.
As far as I am concerned, the standards of beauty need to be diversified. While stressing slender
figures, we should not neglect health, truth and good virtues. It makes sense to attach importance
to inner beauty, which is more important than outer beauty.