"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" says a famous proverb from the work of Irish author Margaret Wolfe Hungerford. And this thought from the end of the 19th century which qualifies beauty as a subjective judgment is of course still valid today, even if certain patterns are observed according to cultures. The American company
Cut, which specializes in "entertaining", "intelligent", "stupid", "provocative" digital content, in the words of the team itself, has produced a video revealing the standards of beauty in 4 corners of the planet. The speakers answer the following question “When I say “beauty”, what word comes first to your mind? and the reactions, as you might expect, are varied. Of course, one person is not representative of an entire population, but it does help provide insight into national ideals.
Let's start with France, for which beauty rhymes with "elegance", whereas in Ethiopia it is inner beauty that is privileged, a bit like in Colombia where the speaker thinks above all of "inner peace" when she hears word. In India, a person's attractiveness is based on their intelligence, while the Italians seem to be more down to earth since beauty is associated with "women", in general. To the second question “What makes a woman beautiful? “, several countries favor naturalness, such as France, the United States (“Anything that is not forced, not like an elaborate hairstyle, makeup, fake breasts “), or even China, where the speaker regrets that there is excessive recourse to cosmetic surgery. In Australia, the canons of beauty are rather size 36, tall, with generous breasts, and in Colombia with a large breasts and a large buttocks.
And what about men? In India, it is better not to tell a man that he is beautiful, it could be perceived as an offense, tells us a resident of New Delhi. In Dubai, women are attached to men who take care of their families, know how to express themselves in society and who donate money to associations. Special mention to the speaker from Tokyo, who delivers a very inspiring message:“ When a person has a story to tell, when they have lived experiences. When I learn more about these stories, I can identify with these hardships and that is the beauty for me ". Nice!
