Physical appearance

1. OBJECTIVES
Outline how social inequality started
Summarize different views or interpretations on the
biases on physical appearance
Explain how beauty became advantageous
Evaluate social inequality using sociological
perspectives

2. SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Importance of being beautiful

3. INTRODUCTION
Human
Differences
• natural or biological differences
• social or cultural differences
Social
Differentiation
• Ideological beliefs
• Power to put into practice
Social
Inequalities
• Material inequality
• Symbolic inequality

4.  “I look white. I stay white.”
 This slogan is the defining characteristic of the Filipino ideal of
beauty.

5. DEFINITION OF TERMS
Social Inequality
• the unequal distribution of resources,
opportunities, rewards of a society.
Beautiful
• pleasing personal appearance
Physical Attractiveness
• Beauty is when you have straight hair, perfect eyebrow,
and perfect set of teeth; beauty is when you are
mestiza/mestizo and sexy.

6. Advantages of Being Beautiful
• Confidence
• Respect
• Favored and High priority
• Easy connection with the society

7. Degree of Importance of Beauty
• Out of our 7 interviewee, 4 answered that beauty
is not that much important for them, while the
rest said it is important.
• But according to them, in general, people
recognize beauty as an essential aspect in man’s
life that man desires for.

8. EXPERIENCES
At School
Bullying
Popularity
Marriage
Looking for a partner
Career
Job opportunity
Show business
Comedian
Pageant

9. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
 Structural-Functionalist (Davis- Moore)
• Inequality as inevitable and beneficial to society.
• Inequality plays a role in holding society together and encouraging
efficiency.
 Conflict (C. Wright Mills)
• Inequality creates a fixed system of winners and losers
• Social inequality as the result of a struggle for scarce resources
 Interactionism
• Social stratification is a result of micro-interactions that reinforce and
undermine power and status differentials.

10. REFERENCES
 http://www.sociology.org.uk/s1.pdf
 http://boundless.com
 http://mugstoria.com/christianceniza/6-qualitities-that-make-you-
beautiful-according-to-filipino-media
 http://www.bradleyfarless.com/standard-of-beauty-in-the -
philippines

11. INTERVIEWEES

13. AGUINILLO, ABEGAIL
DAYA, DREXLER
DOLOR, JOENA
FRANCISCO, EDRICK
NOBLE, FRANK
OF N7
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