Thought Leadership

Some of the world’s leaders, and leading thinkers from NUS and overseas, regularly gather and add to the rich diversity of thoughts and ideas on our campuses, in Singapore and across the globe.
Here’s what they had to share.

Beauty and the beast: When our obsession with looks gets out of hand

Beauty and the beast: When our obsession with looks gets out of hand

Speaker: Adjunct Prof Chong Siow Ann 29 Dec 2023

With most societies placing a premium on physical beauty, there is a link between appearance and worth, where physical beauty is a sign of inner beauty and overall worth and a form of measurement as to whether we deem ourselves to be a success or a failure. While studies have shown that physical attractiveness is a privilege, the other side of it is lookism, a prejudice or discrimination against the unattractive says Adjunct Prof Chong Siow Ann, from the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health.

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