User:Sabina Lawrence/Japanese beauty standards

Japanese Beauty Standards
Japanese Beauty Standards are the features on the human face and body Japanese people find the most beautiful. The features deemed most beautiful in Japan are influenced by the cultural ideal, and may differ from other beauty standards across the world. The physical features that are considered beautiful in Japan for women are: being thin, having long legs, having a symmetrical face, having double eyelids, having a high bridged nose, having fair skin, having big breasts (for women).

Inner beauty is also an important attribute ta have to be considered as a beautiful person in Japan. A kind, polite and fun personality are viewed as attractive.

History
Beauty standards change over time, as cultures and ideal change over time. Pre-colonial Japan had little to no influence by Western beauty standards, but with globalisation some Westernised standards have been accepted as beautiful in Japan as well. An examples of a western influenced beauty standards is the double eye lid.

Women in Japan
Women are highly targeted by the Japanese media, and traditional ideals of how women should look and behave still rule how beauty is conceived in Japan. Women are expected to be modest, obedient and beautiful. To mediate these attributes Japanese media display western women in a highly sexualised way to contrast what the Japanese women are not. ...

== Huffingtonpost, Sam Dabestani, What is Asian Beauty? The Japan Guide, 8 Standards of Beauty

Critical Studies in Media Communication, Sites of attractiveness: Japanese women and Westernised representations of feminine beauty, Research Gate ==


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