- Fifth Cultural Post: Identify a topic for your culture project and your learning goals for your topic.
For my cultural project I'm really interested in looking into the plastic surgery culture in Korea. It is apparently the plastic surgery capital of the world. I've heard and read that most celebrities have had some plastic surgery and then even non-celebrities also are a part of the plastic surgery culture. I really noticed as I watched more and more dramas that Korean celebrities always look so perfect and I think even more perfect than American celebrities do in movies. Now I can pretty much guess which celebrity has had plastic surgery. I once asked my Korean friends what they think gives someone a beautiful appearance. They all seemed to want to be really thin, really pale, have big eyes, double eyelids. I think what I want to learn about this topic is really the psychology behind putting so much emphasis on certain appearances and having the pressure on people who feel like they have to put so much effort into it. I read that a high school student wanted double eyelid surgery as a reward for getting top marks on her exams. So I think there might be effects on self-esteem and confidence particularly for girls. Another thing I want to know is how the trend started and more on how people feel about the trend and how it is presented to people through media, kpop, etc.
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