What Makes A Person?

They are pressured into trying to achieve what society believes what is true beauty throughout the process of plastic surgery or any type of trend into achieving beauty. However like Marilyn’s universe, modern day society uses peer pressure, social media, and fashion trends for one to get this transformation. For example, if a girl or boy is not in a certain figure or have a certain way they look, then some people feel like they are not good enough for them to talk to them. This makes people want to change themselves not only in their appearance but also the way they act. The changes some go through is not always healthy either, people will put their life in danger to achieve an appearance.

Introduction In the book the “Uglies” the author Scott Westerfeld. Which is a story that is set in the future where everyone has to get plastic surgery by 16 years old or else they’re considered ugly. The author probably created this book because they wanted to show they’re readers how people at a very young age get easily manipulated into thinking that something is better for them and that they have to be pretty do do stuff while if they’re ugly then they get less benefits. And also probably that you don’t have to be pretty to be happy just be yourselves.

In 2005 more than 10 million cosmetic procedures were done in America. People can not stand how they look, they want to look better. Almost as if there is a competition going on about who can look the best. A large majority of people do not have a good view of their body image. Body image in America has changed for the worse due to the media, a lack of self confidence, and a growing obsession with beauty.

Each generation as a whole views today’s society differently. Ideal body types have drastically changed throughout the years, each representing their time’s body trends. People looked up to celebrities that illustrated their time’s perfect body. Body trends today are also widely different than trends of the past. Trends are also hyped up on social media platforms, and increase the number of people with bad body image. Body dissatisfaction can come from the rapid growth of social media. Usage of photoshop has also altered some to think that an unattainable body is what one should look like. Plastic and cosmetic surgery has also increased over the past few decades. Millennials are more inclined to get unnecessary surgeries done because they have been brought up thinking it is normal. The combination with body shaming and body dissatisfaction has pushed many to eating disorders. These disorders can even bring out more dangerous consequences that range from minimal to life threatening. Today’s body standards have drastically changed from past generations due to social media, falsified advertising, and the constant desire for impossible body goals.

As you’re walking down a street you may notice a young group of girls or women walking and they see a huge billboard of a beautiful model. They might stop and stare at her and then discuss about her perfect her body is. Not knowing in the next five minutes they’ll be comparing their bodies to the model and feeling bad about themselves wishing that they had her body. Not to mention, that the photo may be photoshopped to make it seem as her body is perfect, or she had plastic surgery to fit the idea of having the perfect body. The fact that the media thinks they’re encouraging young girls and women to embrace their beauty, they’re influencing them that they have to have a perfect body in order to get attention. The media has put a lot of pressure on young girls and women to look perfect and second guess their bodies, when plastic surgery is never the answer to build their self-esteem up.

Self-esteem plays a big part of body image. People have to feel good about themselves and be comfortable in their own skin to be happy. In today's world, it feels almost impossible to be happy, this generation is all about the media which makes having self-esteem 10x harder. Millions of pictures are posted of expectations of how women should look. In an article written by Pavica Sheldon, she states that ”The average American woman is 5’4 and 140 pounds, whereas the average female model portrayed in the media is 5’11 and 120 pounds”. Women are placed into a box telling them they have to look a certain way and if they don't they're simply not good enough. Besides being put into a category women numerously get called nasty names like slut or whore if they show too much. Piggy and fatty if they're overweight. Or “stick” if she's too skinny. Nothing is ever good enough is what it feels like. For example, Kylie Jenner, if you grew up watching “Keeping up with the Kardashians” you know how she looked before all the plastic surgery she got done, she now looks completely different. An account wrote, “What are they giving Kylie?” and someone quoted the tweet and said plastic. So even if women try to fix their imperfections they still get shamed down for it by calling them fake.

I want this paper to be towards kids and choice. What makes a person? I say what makes a person is his or her surrounding influences. People that walk by and see me wouldn’t be able to tell that I come from a very low income family, also come from a neighborhood where both my neighbors on my left and my right including the house in front of me were cook house (drug houses). Or that I went to an elementary school where 98% of students are expected to drop out of high and not even make it to college. Most people that know of kids that come from the same background as mine or even worst are known to look down on as thugs or worthless…losers, but with good reason. Because most of the time that’s the outcome.

In a society so consumed by the ideology of beauty, it makes sense as to why so many women these days undergo cosmetic surgery. The definition of beauty has long been obstructed and changed. In the past, if you look at the woman, you will see they are curvy, during this era being thin meant you were poor where as a beautiful and wealthy woman would be plump because she could afford fine dining. As society has changed, being slender has become the new trend, creating the idea that in order to be truly beautiful one must be thin. The movie stars in Hollywood, although most people realize the beautifying changes that are made to the pictures, this idea of 'beauty ' and 'desire ' still lingers in the mind of whoever comes across it. Our society is bombarded with several different ideologies of beauty but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The beauty standards that have been set should not be what are shaping people around the world and influencing them to go through with plastic surgery. The use of plastic surgery has changed from a medical procedure used to reconstruct the wounded or people with birth defects to reconstructing something people do not like about themselves. Plastic surgery was used during WWI in 1910 and after the war, skin grafting grew. The first training program in the United States was in 1924 thanks to Dr. John Davis. In 1950-1959, plastic surgery was used broadly to repair cleft pallet. It wasn’t until about

What is it that makes us who we are? Is it how we were raised? Is it the specific time and location in space during our birth? Or is it by mere choice alone in every moment that makes us who we are at that moment, ever-changing? I could tell you that they are all are true. And I could also tell you that they are all false. And guess what, both statements would be correct. Here’s another shocker, truth is relative. You can turn something from an untruth into a truth and vise versa all with the power of belief, thought, and faith. If you truly believe with all of your heart that you are a product of your upbringing and nothing more, then you have made that true. You’ve also chosen to be a victim of your past but hey if that’s the truth you want you got it. Now if you believe that your upbringing is the past and nothing more, and that you choose moment by moment who you are, then that is true. Truth is based on your reality. And your reality is based on your thoughts and beliefs. There is no set reality. There are no set truths. Reality, just like truth, is relative to the being who perceives it. Now personally I have chosen not to be a victim of my past for that is all that it is, the past. And the past, just like the future, exists only in our minds. Without your mind, without you remembering the past or dreaming of future possibilities, there is no past and there is no future. There is only NOW. The universe has no concept of past or future. It only

There are many beauty standards but weight and body size is slowly becoming the main focus. These standards give a false sense of hope of having the “perfect body.” Instead of letting beauty standards be socially accepted, people should be aware of the harm they cause. Celebrities are role models to various people around the world and they are criticized for their appearance. Many of these celebrities go out and get plastic surgery, Botox injections, and Silicone implants. People that a lot of money and higher status are more likely to be able to live up to these standards. Some women are willing to sacrifice comfort and tolerate the pain to achieve them.

Plastic Surgery has become a worldwide epidemic in today’s world. The number of plastic surgeries continues to increase since 2010. In today’s day and age, plastic surgery is one of the most popular and requested procedures. Females are opting to have plastic surgery because they dislike their body image. Society has impacted many people by brain washing them to believe that a person’s body has to be perfect. In order for one to be considered beautiful, television and media influence people’s perceptions of beauty.

Why do people go to such dangerous measures to look more attractive? People may be getting cosmetic surgery because the media makes a person feel unattractive. The media shows us these beauty queens that we feel like we have to live up to and compare ourselves to. As a society, it seems that we see the

Many people today feel insecure about their bodies. They feel that people will judge them more if they have a crooked nose or eyes that are too close to each other. Some get liposuction if they feel too fat or breast implants because they think it will make them more attractive to the opposite sex. These people who do not feel happy about the way their

There are many definitions of what makes a human being a person. Some say that a human can only be a person when they are able to think, communicate, and solve complex problems. The problem with that, is that it means children are only human beings and not a person. A human is a person when they have a heart, therefore a fetus is a person the third week after contraception. What makes a human being a person plays a role in what is morally right and wrong. In today’s society there are many opinions on what is considered morally right and wrong. For many people some subjects tend to be a grey area for them and they struggle to explain why something is wrong or right. One of those subjects is Bioethical issues and whether or not they are morally right or wrong. One of the small topics of Bioethical issues is euthanasia and whether or not it is okay for anyone to partake in it. Euthanasia is the act of either passively or actively taking a person’s live. Another type of euthanasia is called voluntary euthanasia, which could also be called assisted suicide. It is morally okay to take person’s life if they asked for help. Therefore, euthanasia is morally okay.

Plastic surgery is spreading more and more nowadays due to better knowledge in medicine but also to the changes in people’s attitudes and state of mind. It used to be a way to help people in real need but is now used for small details people want to change, because their look mostly determines their level of self-esteem. In fact, beauty is taking a lot of importance and so does “sexiness”. The image of the perfect human given by the media has been changing the way people see themselves. Plastic surgery has become more common because it is an easy way to change physical appearance. However, the number of eating disorders has also increased but for people who can afford it, it is always more convenient to get an operation.