1. How our society links beauty to men and women?
1.1. women
1.1.1. beautiful
1.1.2. encourage narcissism, reinforce dependence and immaturity
1.1.3. Being feminine is identified with caring about how one looks.
1.2. men
1.2.1. strong, effective, or competent
1.2.2. Being masculine is identified with caring about what one is and dose.
1.2.3. How one looks is secondary.
1.3. Beauty enjoys a rather mixed reputation.
2. Beauty is a form of power.
2.1. The only form of power that women are encouraged to seek.
2.2. It is not the power to do but the power to attract man.
3. Preening is both pleasure and duty for women.
3.1. A woman on the leading position still works at being attractive.
3.2. But her capacity is under suspicion.
4. The oppression of women
4.1. Define women as caretakers of their surfaces
4.2. Disparage women for being "superficial".
4.3. a crude trap
4.4. Save beauty from women - and for them.
5. How people view beauty?
5.1. For the Greeks, there was no distinction between "inside" and "outside".
5.2. Now, we split off the "inside" from the "outside".
6. Why the notion of beauty changes?
6.1. The influence of Catholic
6.1.1. Retain some vestiges of pagan admiration for beauty.
6.1.2. One can call a man "beautiful" in French and Italian.
6.1.3. The difference is of degree only.
6.2. Principally, the influence of Christianity
6.2.1. Limit excellence to moral virtue only.
6.2.2. Attribute beauty to the Fair sex.
6.2.3. A beautiful woman; a handsome man
6.2.4. "handsome"
6.2.4.1. demeaning overtones
7. How our society links good looks to men and women?
7.1. for women
7.1.1. The obligation to be beautiful is wrong.
7.1.2. Women are taught to see their bodies in parts.
7.2. for men
7.2.1. Good looks is a whole.
7.2.2. A small imperfection or blemish is considered positively desirable.