Waist-To Hi Hip Ratio Analysis

Ever since the beginning, people have always relied on groups to thrive. Our ancestors worked in groups in order to survive; Traits that helped them survive were passed down through many generations. Also how during the earlier times people who were different were labeled as outcasts to the rest of society. We still haven’t gotten past this social expectation for conformity. One way the world encourages conformity is through society's beauty standards. “Considering the vast diversity in this world and the countless cultures it contains, one would expect that surely there must be different culturally dependent standards of beauty” (Brichacek). However, Brichacek researched examining the physical attractiveness of the female body often uses the

Due to this females tend to conform to the ideal image of what males want. Additionally, people from a variety cultures have different types of formalities that they have to follow in order to be accepted by their community. The Korean community, for example, include customs such as: authority of fathers, wives’ obedience to husbands, children’s obedience to parents, filial piety submission of self to family, submission to civil authorities, and high expectations in education” (Kim). And if one was to break away from these customs and become a nonconformist, they would be ostracized. Peer Pressure is also one of the ways the world encourages conformity. “[Peer Pressure] causes people to engage in certain behaviors in order to be accepted by a group” (Peer