Is there any other country that does plastic surgery as much and as well as Korea..?
I don't know for sure because I haven't done a proper survey,
but I cautiously guess that Korea would be in the top tier when it comes to plastic surgery.
There are quite a few Indonesian employees who have been dispatched to our Korean headquarters..
They all say the same thing..
Korean women are so pretty and slim and..white..
Well, that's what they said.
Half of them agreed with me,
and half of them explained it to me.
Indonesia may become like that in the future, but
many women in Korea have plastic surgery..
Why do Korean women get so much plastic surgery..?
It's an old news story, but..
There was a woman in her 20s selling fish at the market.
But..
She's a young woman in her 20s,
and it wasn't that she was fighting fiercely against the world in the market. The focus wasn't on that,
but rather on the beauty of the woman.
So..I guess Korean reporters are just being picky..picky..
Actually, I think I'm the same way..
If there's a waitress at a restaurant who is exceptionally pretty,
I say to people..
It's a shame she has to work here like this..
I don't know where she should work,
but I think I also set my standards for evaluating women that way.
When applying for jobs, getting married, and even when giving up a seat on the bus,
it seems like women are prioritized based on their appearance.
That's why we all become obsessed with our looks
and end up getting plastic surgery boldly.
It's not just the women themselves,
but society also plays a role in making them do this. That's how I see it.
What is the standard of beauty..?
If actress Kim Tae-hee was born in the Joseon Dynasty, would she have been called a beauty..?
I'm not sure,
but looking at portraits of beauties from the Joseon Dynasty, their faces are round and their eyes aren't big.
They are typical East Asian faces.
However, the standard of beauty in modern times is closer to Western facial features..
Westerners are also close to being white,
and we all want fair skin, big eyes, and a straight nose.
Let's imagine this for a moment..
What if..
Black people had discovered the New World,
and black people had developed civilization first, colonized it,
and enslaved white people..
And what if black people ruled the world today,
and white people were holding demonstrations against racial discrimination, saying that their lives matter too?
Then what would the standard of beauty be for Koreans..?
We might all be tanning to darken our skin
and asking plastic surgeons to make our noses flatter.
Beauty, the standard of beauty,
changes with the times
and may even change based on the powers that be in the world.
I don't think it's my place to say this, as someone who probably fits the modern standard of beauty more than anyone else,
but outward beauty doesn't seem to have an absolute value.
Why..?
Because the standards of beauty in the Joseon Dynasty and today are different,
and in a world dominated by white people, the standard of beauty would naturally follow them.
On the other hand, the value of inner beauty
hasn't changed much for thousands of years,
whether it's in this world or anywhere else.
A beautiful face and good looks are important,
but I think true inner beauty is the real value.
If black people ruled the world..
Someone like me..
Ugh..
Just imagining it is terrifying.
