Cultures' Standard of Beauty

People are damaging and killing themselves to fit into societies definition of beautiful. Currently we live in a society that is composed of many cultures. These cultures can influence what ones day to day worries are; one of them is being part of a society's definition of beauty. Some of these cultures are American, European, and Hispanic to name a few. These cultures have influence that way people live, act, and think. Often people find themselves picking up beauty tips form magazines sold at local drug stores. Advertisements of these beauty tips are spread out through ones everyday lives. But are these beauty tips a positive implementation to one's culture? Are these tips standards of beauty a common and influential routine? Whether one is male or female, we are all influenced by our cultural background and surroundings. Some individuals discuss ideas about what is in fashion or simply converse about what is beautiful. On many occasions, people take these ideas of beauty and try to include them in their fashion trends. People are easily influenced by their peers' opinion about their own ideas of cultural beauty, but the effects are not always positive. First, unfortunately many people adopt one idea of beauty due to their peers' opinion on this subject. Many people might share the notion that the standard idea of beauty includes being tall, thin, and light skinned. But these opinions might not necessarily fit everyone else's standard of beauty, since this is something that differs among cultures. For example, Hispanic standards of female beauty are to have big hips, a moderate tan, and a short height. If any given Hispanic female has these beauty features, perhaps their standards of beauty would be more acceptable to broader numbers of people. Diets and body modifications are the desperate result of an individual who is trying to fit into the Hispanic standard or the "skinny" in ordinary fashion magazines. The motive why anyone would ever want to fit into