Tuesday, April 06, 2004

Can Beauty Soothe the Savage Beast?

There are not many among us who cannot appreciate beauty in one form or another, and throughout history, beauty has been much commented on and recognized.  Though men can be described as beautiful, especially if you are reading Greek or Roman histories, women, generally, carry the moniker beautiful with much more grace than men.  At least in my opinion.

Yahoo News has an article up titled “Opening Afghan Eyes With Mascara and Beauty Classes" which looks at Revlon’s, L’Oreal’s, and Clariol’s investment in teaching Afghan women about beauty.  Can this investment in beautifying Afghan women yield positive results for the country?  It’s possible, but, keep in mind the story of Cleopatra and Antony’s groveling before her beauty and charms.

I was made aware of this Afghan beauty revival via this post at Bad Eagle in which Yeagley also reminded me that Artaxerxes ran a beauty pageant, of sorts, which can be read about in the book of Esther in the Christian Bible.

Posted by John Venlet on 04/06 at 05:49 AM
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