Jenny Wang 20' (eBook) Across many societies across the world, women are considerably made self-aware about their bodies. Such assertions are made through media like magazines. There a few exceptions such as Japan where for a time, women are not valued for their physical appearance but rather their personalities. There has been a considerable shift from them being viewed as social foundations and more of sex symbols. Such shifts may point towards possible shifts in attitudes and values within societies. Over one hundred years ago, local criteria was utilized to decide and set a benchmark for physical beauty. In one explanation brought forward was through the theory of sexual imprinting. There are some arguments that some perspectives are established inherently through biology. Others like clear unblemished skin are quite standard across cultures. A number of these so-called prejudices have come up through a number of beauty contests. Many of the ideas of beau...