Male Cosmetic Surgery - NSW Education Standards Authority

Male Cosmetic Surgery

HSC 2001 - Society and Culture Band 4/5 - Sample 2

Personal Interest Project

INTRODUCTION

My topic , men and cosmetic surgery. reveals many aspeets of male cosmetic

surgery on both an individual and societal level. Chapter I ormy Personal Jnteres1

Projcc:1 examines the origins of male cosmetic surgety. Whilst illustrating the history

of cosmetic su,cery for men through time, it also ponmys changing socie1al views.

Chap1er 2 prescn1s 1he 1ypcs of persons (specifically males) who decide 10 un<icrgo

cosmetic surgery as ,1,-ell as the procedures that are mos1 common. and Chapter 3

analyses why males choose to undergo cosmetic surgery (again. ano1her retlec1ion on

socieial values). Chap1er 4, 11te final cha pier. is written from a complerely social and

eultu:ml perspective, since it discusses how popular and acoeptablc cosmetic suf'8ery

is for men prcscn11y in our soc iety.

Although 1here is extensive infonnation on female co.sme1ic surgery, the facts

and de1ails for male cosme1ic surge,y pales in comparison, which begged the question

·v,hy'7 Why ts it thal we have less infonnation available on males and cosmetic

surcery? Is this a reflection of socie1al values and gendered stereotypes· that men

should not concede to vanity? Also. does our percep1ion of men within our culture

change through time, or dOC$ i1 remain static? ln addition. who arc the men that decide

to undergo cosmetic sureery. and what made them choose to alter their appearance?

With so many questions on a social as well as individual level that �cmmcd from one

simple obscrva1ion. J decided 10 research this ropic in �n auemp1 to uncoycr some

answers, or at least gain a greater understanding. as 10 why there is an imbalance of

information between female and male cosmetic s,rrzery, and whether this was a

reflection upon society.

This 1opie contn'bu1cs 10 a better undernanding of Society and Culture as ii

encompasses many orttte fundamental key concepts comprising the oosis of the

course. The socieu,I and cultural aspec1s arc most preva lent in my Personal 1nterest

Project a combinarion of the two concepts inter·Hnk to provide perspeei:ive on male

7.HSC 2001 - Society and Culture

Band 4/5 - Sample 2 Personal Interest Project

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