| ATTRACTIVENESS
AND PERSONALITY |
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BRAINS x BEAUTY
x AVAILABILITY = CONSTANT |
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Do attractive people
have different personalities than regular people?
 ^Is this all true? |
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What are some of
the negatives about being beautiful?
* Treated
as an object / always stared at
* Assumed
to be stupid
* Judged
on what you look like, not who you are inside |
| FAMOUS BEAUTIES |
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Who do you think
is the most beautiful person in your country? |
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Who do you think
is the most beautiful person alive today? |
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Who was the most
beautiful person in history? |
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Is there someone famous that
is considered beautiful, that you think is not? |
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Who would you say
is beautiful that others maybe wouldn't? |
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Is beauty related
to power?
* Can you think of anyone who is in a position
of power that is not physically attractive? |
| YOUR
BEAUTY: |
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How important is
beauty in your daily life? |
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How long does it
take you to get ready?
* Is
it hard to choose what to wear? (Men just have a suit = not
tricky) |
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Do people spend too
much time and money on beauty? |
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Have you ever noticed
anyone ever feeling pressured to be more beautiful? |
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Is it difficult
to dress up smart without looking slutty?
RESPECT |
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NO RESPECT |
Masculine
Frumpy
Dowdy
Look un-sexy |
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Bimbo
Feel Sexy
Look nice |
^BUT Metrosexual men manage it! |
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Does your personality
change depending on what your wear / look like? Why? |
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Have you ever used
your femininity / sexuality to get what you want (flattery
/ flirting / show yer boobies...)?
* Is
this a good or bad thing?
* Is
this Anti-feminist?
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you do this don't you loose the right to complain if men treat
you like objects? |
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Do you find work
dress codes restrictive or do you like being forced to look
smart? Would you rather wear what you want? |
| CHOICES ABOUT BEAUTY |
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What personality
trait is the most important for inner beauty? |
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Is it better to
be physically attractive or intelligent? |
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if I had a magic
wand and could make you either:
* UGLY
+ CLEVER, or
* PRETTY
+ DUMB Which would you choose?
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Which
would you choose for your children |
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Is it better to
be physically attractive or wealthy? |
| CHANGING VIEWS OF BEAUTY |
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Is a tan sexy? Which
age group think what? |
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Has it always been
thin = sexy (Botticelli pictures are fatter / Marilyn Monroe
was a size 16) |
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Is the modern beauty
image a realistic aim for regular people? |
| CHOOSING
A PARTNER: |
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What qualities do
you look for in a partner? |
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Would you choose
a partner with beauty or brains? Would other people agree? |
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Do opposites attract? |
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Does beauty depend
on confidence?
* What's
so attractive about confidence anyway?
* US
study where football team paid to ask unattractive girl to
the prom - guy #1 didn't want to, guy #6 did because she had
become more confident and also hotter |
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Is beauty really
in the eye of the beholder? / Can love be blind?
* Do you have
any proverbs or idioms from your country that relate to beauty?
* Could you
marry an ugly person? Is beauty only skin deep?
> Are
you that shallow?? |
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Is it a bad thing
to think about people in terms of their attractiveness / judge
someone for their looks/appearance?
* Is it a bad thing to
not consider dating someone who isn't a 'hottie'? |
| LOW FAT FOOD / DIETING |
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Do you buy special
low-fat foods? |
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Are the following
statements true?
* Marketers
are trying to make people feel bad about eating regular food
so that they'll buy more low-fat products at higher cost (special
K costs a fortune)
* Diet
drinks are made to be 'cool' too
* Food
sizes are being made bigger / smaller |
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Ever been on a diet?
Would you like to be on one?
* STAT:
91% of Korean women are currently on a diet.
What's
the best diet?
* Atkins
/ crash / cabbage-only
How
long have you been on your diet?
What's
the most you've lost? |
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How do you know
if you are fat? |
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Do you think people
who are fat can be happy? |
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Does eating make
you feel guilty? |
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How often do you
weigh yourself / look in the mirror? |
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Do you "Yo-Yo" diet? |
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Will science develop
a "miracle pill" that stops people gaining weight / help them
lose weight?
* Would
you take it? |
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Ever tried 'diet
pills'? |
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What's the perfect
weight?
* Talk
about BMI |
| EATING PROBLEMS |
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Are there problems
with the following in Korea:
* Bulimia
* Anorexia
* " Ana" websites |
| COSMETIC SURGERY |
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Do you think people
should have cosmetic surgery to enhance their looks?
* If so what is the minimum
age when someone should have plastic
surgery? |
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How popular is plastic
surgery in your country?
* Do you
know anyone who has had it?
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What is the most
popular feature for cosmetic alteration?
* Nose
/ eyelids / boobs / ass |
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Is liposuction /
stomach stapling (bariatric surgery) common? |
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Would you ever consider
having cosmetic surgery? |
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Do you think self-esteem
affects beauty? (i.e. more confident = more sexy) |
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Do you think beauty
affects self-esteem? (i.e. more pretty = more confident) |
| BODY ART |
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Do you think people
with many tattoos can be beautiful?
* How
many tattoos is too many?
* Would you
ever get a tattoo?
* Do you have a tattoo? |
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Do you think people
with many piercings can be beautiful?
* What
kind of body piercings, if any, do you feel are acceptable?
* What kind of piercings, if any, do you feel are unacceptable? |
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Do you think people
from different countries than you see attractive the
same way? |
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Are beauty pageants good
or bad? |
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Should children
be entered into beauty pageants? |
| GENERAL |
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Do you think one
gender or group worries more about beauty than another? |
