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This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of the cosmetics industry. An argument is made that the industry exploits a cultural obsession with beauty with many negative impacts. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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be seen in the frequent digital editing of photographed models in advertising to "enhance" proportions and eliminate perceived "imperfections". Additionally, one might look at the cultural emphasis on celebrity and
the tendency for said celebrities to manifest an image that is the result of thousands of dollars invested in procedures intended to correct less than ideal aspects of their appearance.
These factors coalesce in order to establish cultural conditions in which standards of beauty are so high than the vast majority of people simply cannot meet them. Accordingly, the majority
of people are culturally inculcated to feel as if they arent as beautiful as they could be and are in need of some kind of enhancement. This psychological tendency is
then exploited to generate profits in a wide variety of industries. This paper will explore the inner workings of the cosmetics industry with an eye towards its negative impacts upon
culture. This paragraph helps the student begin to describe the problems discovered through research. One of the most distressing of all trends associated with the emphasis on beauty in Western
culture is the emergence of psychological disorders stemming from the socio-cultural stresses imposed by that emphasis. These include, among others, body dysmorphic disorder, a psychological condition in which one becomes
fixated on the notion that there is some grave flaw in ones body that must be eliminated or corrected at all costs (Heyes, 2009). This belief can become so pervasive
that the desire to rid ones self of perceived physical "faults" can become an all-consuming central focus in ones life (Heyes, 2009). Certainly, this disorder and the beliefs it tends
to propagate helps to drive the cosmetics industry as individuals suffering body dysmorphic disorder will naturally want to use cosmetics to "improve" certain aspects of their appearance (Heyes, 2009). In
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