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Peculiarpen
Writer @ Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko
Writer @ Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko
THE BEAUTY TRAP
<p>Have you ever wondered who actually decides what beauty should look like?</p><p><br/></p><p>One minute, a particular skin tone is celebrated, another minute, a different one becomes the standard. The same goes for body shapes, facial features, hair textures and almost everything about our appearance. To the extent that people now approach each other based on all the aforementioned.</p><p><br/></p><p>But have we ever stopped to ask ourselves what happens to people who don't naturally fit into these standards?</p><p><br/></p><p>The pressure to look a certain way has made some people see their natural features as flaws. People are changing things about themselves, not necessarily because they want to, but because they feel they have to in order to be considered beautiful.</p><p><br/></p><p>Don't get me wrong, there's absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to look good or enhance your appearance. But when did looking different from society's expectations become a reason to feel less beautiful?</p><p><br/></p><p>Perhaps the real beauty trap is that we have become so occupied with trying to meet society's standards that we've forgotten that beauty was never supposed to be one-size-fits-all.</p><p><br/></p><p>So, who really defines beauty, and why have we allowed that definition to determine how we see ourselves?</p>
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