Aphrodite and the Illusion of Beauty Standards

What is a more ideal starting point for our conversation about beauty — than the very embodiment of grace and desire? The captivating muse whose ethereal beauty has transcended time through writing, paintings, and sculptures? Aphrodite.

Much like Aphrodite, contemporary beauty norms are also ever-changing, shifting with the nuances of culture, time, and trends: What was once beautiful now no longer is — or what is considered gorgeous in one country is a deformity in another. If you look closely at each culture, you can see how often their beauty standards crash.

You might wonder what Aphrodite, a mythology character, has anything to do with what’s happening in modern times — after all, she is a myth, right?

But who’s to say that “beauty standards” aren’t just another myth?

timestamps:
00:00 - 00:17 introduction
00:18 aphrodite
02:30 modern beauty standards
04:40 definition of 'myth'
06:43 origins: where does this all being?
07:25 i. the beauty myth
10:42 ii. the survival of the prettiest
14:00 iii. who's right?
14:38 marketing
17:05 is beauty in the eye of the beholder?
19:04 conclusion

sources
♡ medium version (  / aphrodite-and-the-myth-of-beauty-standards  )

music used
♡ Chillpeach - 'In dreamland' (   • [no copyright music] 'In Dreamland ' ...  )

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