3. Obsession with beauty

Why do we think that big puppy eyes are so cute and pretty? I do not know why but I do know that whatever reasons there might be (biological, social, cultural) it is true that people think big eyes are more attractive then smaller eyes. When Lane showed us the article from the New York Times about beauty I automatically thought about the popularity of plastic surgery in Asia. Few years ago, Oprah Winfrey remarked that Korean women have “an obsession with plastic surgery” in one of her episodes which angered a lot of Koreans. I think people were angry because she was saying how American women are confident whereas Asian women have inferiority complex. I was offended that she was generalized all Korean women by just looking at female Korean celebrities. I would have to say that most Hollywood celebrities also go through plastic surgeries to look younger. It is true that in Asia more and more women are going through plastic surgeries to get double eyelids and to get more distinct features. I used to think that it was wrong and superficial but then as more I encountered people who have done it I shouldn’t be judging them. It is a personal choice. My friend once made the same argument during her speech class at NU and she was called ‘superficial’ by one of her classmates. The society does not criticize people who pay to get higher education, who pay to earn higher statues in the society but why are we so critical about women paying their own money to enhance something they don’t like?