Just as standards of living are forced upon people. However, just as with beauty standards, people eventually settle for what they can get, dependent on their ability. In some places the ideal female is not a Gibson Girl, and the ideal male is not a muscular man with a beard and trim. read more
"All over the world, stars make money like crazy," she observes. "[People think] if they look like them it's a shortcut to being rich." Source: Elena Rossini/The Illusionists. There's evidence that this rigid standard of beauty has been thoroughly embedded in Lebanon's economy on multiple levels. read more