Prejudice

Our definition of beauty is often formed in three ways:

• As young children, our opinion of beauty is based on what was said about us from our parents and those around us.
• In adolescence, we are more acutely aware of our appearance and may lead us to question how we look.
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We all worry, in our own ways, about how we’re being perceived.

The fact that we’re being judged matters much more than whether those judgments seem fair or well-informed. We also don’t tend to worry about someone having an undeservedly high opinion of us, unless we can see how that might ...

• Culture is the sum total of the everyday conversations that occur in families, businesses, cities and countries.
• Changing culture means changing what we say and do. 
• Most people do not change simply because someone tells them to, so it is good to avoid endless discussions abo...