Guest Lecture

I thought the guest lecture was great and the guest speaker made a significant point about the discrimination of race in terms of physical appearance. This was the first time I had heard of Sara Baartman and I was shocked to see how she was mistreated throughout her whole life. Every individual has its own unique shape and size. I did not think it was fair that the European people were measuring other women to their standards of beauty or what was considered feminine. Sara Baartman was no where close to being considered as some kind of exotic "animal." To place her in that category is beyond exaggerated.

When Jeffry referenced Beyonce as somewhat similar to Baartman's shape, I immediately thought if Beyonce was back in that era, she might have gone through the same treatment. However, times have changed, women that are curvy are considered as attractive or give off more of a sex appeal. It angers me to know that they blew this so out of proportion by augmenting her figure. It's such a disgrace to know that there is a "standard" of what's normal or not. How do you know? It is wrong for them to think that their standards were the defining point for all women.