In the documentary there’s a scene in which the south korean students are talking about sang-koh-pul. Sang-koh-pul means double lidded eyelid which is currently a desired look for South Korean people . Most Korean people are born with a traditional monolid but right now that is not what is considered beautiful in South Korea. Some of the Korean students even demonstrated the method of the allusion of having a double lidded eyelid. It's referred to as sang-koh-pul glue and what they do is apply glue into their eyelids and use this little tool to help fold the eyelid allowing the eyes to appear larger. A lot of the girls in the video were encouraging other girls to get plastic surgeries to be considered beautiful. There was even a point in which teachers in high school were handing out flyers advertising plastic surgery. …show more content…
A lot of the south korean girls interviewed in the documentary spoke about these beauty standards as a norm and obvious needed to be considered pretty. Most of them did not seem put off by all the requirements and that’s simply in aspect of the South Korean culture were looks and beauty are a necessity and in no way demanding. People should be allowed to do or modify their body in which ever they desire. However, it is sickening to see how south korean society discourages its women from maintaining their natural beauty and are instead encouraging them to change themselves just to fit in their mold of what is beauty. Specially the young women, who already have more than enough on their plates and who have better things to do than fitting these