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Perfect Me

Beauty as an Ethical Ideal

Heather Widdows

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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Philosophie

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How looking beautiful has become a moral imperative in today’s world

The demand to be beautiful is increasingly important in today's visual and virtual culture. Rightly or wrongly, being perfect has become an ethical ideal to live by, and according to which we judge ourselves good or bad, a success or a failure. Perfect Me explores the changing nature of the beauty ideal, showing how it is more dominant, more demanding, and more global than ever before.

Heather Widdows argues that our perception of the self is changing. More and more, we locate the self in the body--not just our actual, flawed bodies but our transforming and imagined ones. As this happens, we further embrace the beauty ideal. Nobody is firm enough, thin enough, smooth enough, or buff enough—not without significant effort and cosmetic intervention. And as more demanding practices become the norm, more will be required of us, and the beauty ideal will be harder and harder to resist.

If you have ever felt the urge to "make the best of yourself" or worried that you were "letting yourself go," this book explains why. Perfect Me examines how the beauty ideal has come to define how we see ourselves and others and how we structure our daily practices—and how it enthralls us with promises of the good life that are dubious at best. Perfect Me demonstrates that we must first recognize the ethical nature of the beauty ideal if we are ever to address its harms.

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Corset, Breast implant, Suggestion, Ideology, Subculture, Opportunity cost, Narrative, Liposuction, Body image, Obesity, Sexualization, Criticism, Clothing, I Wish (manhwa), Adobe, Self-esteem, Pubic hair, Body hair, Blepharoplasty, Asymmetry, Gender role, Conformity, Disgust, Objectification, Requirement, Personhood, Hair removal, Wrinkle, Makeover, Beauty, Beauty salon, Profession, Visual culture, Kim Kardashian, Femininity, Feminism, Racism, Sexual objectification, Weight loss, Sexual desire, Vulnerability, Sympathy, Masculinity, Norm (social), Plastic surgery, Narcissism, Health, Shame, Cellulite, Lookism, Oppression, Cosmetics, Sexism, Subjectivity, Human hair color, Nail polish, Breast augmentation, Labiaplasty, Heteronormativity, Empowerment, Body modification, Self-objectification, Technology, Hairstyle, Explanation, The Thin Ideal, Manicure, Philosopher, Human skin color, Lotion