Let's TALK About BEAUTY

What makes a person beautiful?

What makes a person ugly?

Do you think that beautiful people are usually more successful? If so, in what way?

If you don’t have a tattoo and would like to have one - what image would you like and where would you like to have it?

What should be the minimum age at which people can choose cosmetic surgery?

What is your opinion of these piercings?

What do you think of the idea of having plastic surgery to improve your looks?

What is your opinion of using botox to remove wrinkles?

What is your opinion of men wearing makeup?

Is there more pressure on women to be beautiful than there is on men? Why should this be?

Do we think less of people if they wear old-fashioned clothes and have untidy hair?

Do we expect more from beautiful people? Do we expect them to be friendlier or funnier?

How important is it to you that your partner is good-looking?

Another proverb is “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. What do you think this means? Do you agree with it?

There is an English proverb: “Beauty is only skin deep”. What do you think it means and do you agree with the concept?

Although we usually think about people being visually beautiful, are there other ways of being “beautiful”? Can you think of any?

What sorts of things affect our perception of beauty? What causes us to think that a certain thing is “beautiful”?

How is beauty defined in your society?

Do you think the concept of beauty is the same today as it was 100 years ago? If not, how has it changed?

Do you think the concept of beauty is the same in all societies? If not, how might other societies differ?