A Gilded Cage: An Exploration of the Beauty Across Cultures and its Impact on the Female Experience

Faculty Mentor

Christopher Brown

Location

Ogeechee Theater

Type of Research

Proposed

Session Format

Oral Presentation

College

Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering & Computing

Department

Psychology

Abstract

Women in today’s society only find themselves with one natural given advantage, their appearance. If in your culture you are revered as beautiful you already have a higher probability of suitable mating, better employment, and a superior quality of life to the average counterpart. How is it that beauty can affect so much, when we truly lack a definition and understanding of the concept? The entirety of the multibillion dollar beauty industry sells the accessibility of beauty, while it is truly inaccessible to almost all of the female population. True advantageous beauty is only gained by those with mathematical and symmetrical advantage, biological advantage, and socioeconomic power within their culture. Naturally born beautiful women from proper circumstance often overrule women far more confident, qualified, and effective in many realms everyday. The patriarchal world has created an environment where a concept that is personally and culturally defined determines a woman's success in her lifetime. The only objective truth of beauty lies in its power. This paper will expose the different theories that try to explain preference while emphasizing the lack of true science to our social value of beauty. 

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Start Date

4-21-2026 10:15 AM

End Date

4-21-2026 10:30 AM

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A Gilded Cage: An Exploration of the Beauty Across Cultures and its Impact on the Female Experience

Ogeechee Theater

Women in today’s society only find themselves with one natural given advantage, their appearance. If in your culture you are revered as beautiful you already have a higher probability of suitable mating, better employment, and a superior quality of life to the average counterpart. How is it that beauty can affect so much, when we truly lack a definition and understanding of the concept? The entirety of the multibillion dollar beauty industry sells the accessibility of beauty, while it is truly inaccessible to almost all of the female population. True advantageous beauty is only gained by those with mathematical and symmetrical advantage, biological advantage, and socioeconomic power within their culture. Naturally born beautiful women from proper circumstance often overrule women far more confident, qualified, and effective in many realms everyday. The patriarchal world has created an environment where a concept that is personally and culturally defined determines a woman's success in her lifetime. The only objective truth of beauty lies in its power. This paper will expose the different theories that try to explain preference while emphasizing the lack of true science to our social value of beauty.