http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/beauty Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:44:24 -0400 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:44:24 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/999/the-desperate-drive-for-perfection-changing-beauty-ideals-and-womens-fashion-in-the-1920s By Kelsey D. Lamkin - Body ideals shifted to center on an idealized slimmer figure, leading to the popularization of various products and methods to reach this goal. The media began to play a huge role in perpetuating new ideals as films, literature, and advertising continually revered the attractive, youthful stars of Hollywood. The media also propagated the quintessential woman as inflexibly “American” in her appearance, leaving no room for deviation, defect, or even old age. Beauty became essential to a woman, making her appearance an especially important aspect of her social and professional standing... Sat, 14 Feb 2015 11:20 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/999/the-desperate-drive-for-perfection-changing-beauty-ideals-and-womens-fashion-in-the-1920s http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/756/how-do-i-look-the-impact-of-compliments-on-self-perceived-attractiveness By Olga Yatsenko - The present study investigates the effect of a compliment on self-perceived attractiveness and then compares this effect between genders. Participants (48 university students, consisting of 24 females and 24 males with a mean age of 20.25 [SD = 1.26]) were asked to complete a questionnaire about self-perceived attractiveness, with half of each gender doing so immediately after receiving a subtle complement. Analysis found a significant main effect of the compliment, but no significant main effects of gender or the interaction of the two variables. The findings imply that compliments lead to higher... Mon, 09 Sep 2013 12:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/756/how-do-i-look-the-impact-of-compliments-on-self-perceived-attractiveness http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/359/beauty-and-the-beast-and-the-tigers-bride-to-be-or-not-to-be-a-beast By Iulia O. Basu-Zharku - Madame de Beaumont's Beauty and the Beast and Angela Carter's The Tiger's Bride delve into the nature of men and women and the relationships between them by exploring and analyzing the motifs of wildness and civilization. Thus, women are presented as the civilizing agent in the relationship with men, who succumb to their "beastliness," giving way to their animalistic, wild side in Madame de Beaumont’s Beauty and the Beast, while in Angela Carter’s The Tiger’s Bride, the reverse is true—women are the ones who open up to the beast in them in relationship with men, instead... Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:56 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/359/beauty-and-the-beast-and-the-tigers-bride-to-be-or-not-to-be-a-beast