Summary
In an article read by Katy Waldman, she discovered how the people of South Korea are describing
their bodies based on the shapes of letters of the Roman alphabet. The process
of doing so is called “alphabetization”. This
has become a popular way of determining who has the most desirable body shapes. This method uses letters like “S” and “C” to
depict the amount of curve from the buttocks and breasts and using “X” to
describe a girl with long legs and long arms which would be the more desirable
letters to be described as. On the other hand the letter “B” depicts a woman with
big boobs and a big belly and “O” stands for an obese female. Entertainers such
as pop stars and models discuss their alphabetized body shapes openly with the
public and tell which products to use to get a body shape as theirs are.
Analysis
This reading depicts how labels can be placed on people
based upon their looks and their body. The people of media sends out these
messages of what a body should look like and which shapes are more desirable thus
leading the human race, in especially women, to try their best to match up
their looks with what society approves of and glorifies. Not only do the pop
stars and entertainers who model off these alphabetized body shapes influence
females to want to look as they do but the advertised products that they use as
well. Many of these Korean females strive
to someday look like the pop stars so they purchase the cosmetics, diet pills,
and surgeries in order to fulfill what it seems that society identifies as
being beautiful.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/beauty/beauty-news/9601254/Alphabet-bodies-the-ideal-in-South-Korea
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