Born beautiful

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Born beautiful?
Made beautiful?
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Teachers notes

• Use the image of Jordan, the glamour model to
  investigate the extent to which people are
  affected by social conventions and stereotypes.
• Print the page as an A4 sheet, or develop it to
  A3.
• Arrange mixed gender groups if possible.
• The question that you ask the groups to discuss
  is
• What was Jordan born with to be beautiful?
• What has the glamour model done to herself to
  make herself attractive and beautiful?
• Allow groups to discuss this among themselves for
  some time.
• The feedback session should raise issues of
• To what extent is beauty a social construction?
• Why would women want to change themselves to fit
  into a socially accepted idea of how they should
  look?
• What are the cultural demands that the glamour
  model fits?
• The conclusion should revolve around the question
  of whether society or nature is more important in
  making the glamour model seem attractive.