Idiom: You must suffer for a beauty - 11 views

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  #1 Karoliina Jokinen on 23 Jan 13

   

  I don't know how popular this idiom is in Finland but in my family it is. When I was child I was very active, always going on and kind of a boyish girl. I had quite short hair but sometimes mum or other relative wanted to do something to my hair. I really hated those moments. I liked more my hair when they were just open and swinging. It hurt every time when someone did something to my hair. And I was quite temperamental, shouted and complained everytime and my mum or some other relative said:
  
  "Kauneudesta täytyy kärsiä = You must suffer for a beauty."
  
  Purpose of this idiom was to stop my complaining and be some kind of joke, mut it made me confused. I started asking why should I suffer and why I would be beautiful just if my hair would be nice. I never got any good explanation for that idiom and I started hating it.
  
  Now when I am adult I still thinks it is a bad idiom. I Couldn't take it lightly when I was a child and I can't take it lightly still. Why anyone should suffer for a beauty and how much suffering is acceptable? What people consider beauty and why? Could anyone be beautiful without suffering or doing something for their natural look?
  
  In Finland we have also idiom "Kärsimys kaunistaa" which means that suffering creates beauty. That means something like your final destination is not so important than the way to get there.
  
  Here is a picture series of a young girl who went through big plastic surgery. Many people have left comments about was that worth of it and was it right.
  
  http://theberry.com/2010/01/20/went-under-the-knife-to-look-like-a-different-person/comment-page-2/

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I don't know how popular this idiom is in Finland but in my family it is. When I was child I was very active, always going on and kind of a boyish girl. I had quite short hair but sometimes mum or other relative wanted to do something to my hair. I really hated those moments. I liked more my hair when they were just open and swinging. It hurt every time when someone did something to my hair. And I was quite temperamental, shouted and complained everytime and my mum or some other relative said: <br /> <br /> "Kauneudesta täytyy kärsiä = You must suffer for a beauty." <br /> <br /> Purpose of this idiom was to stop my complaining and be some kind of joke, mut it made me confused. I started asking why should I suffer and why I would be beautiful just if my hair would be nice. I never got any good explanation for that idiom and I started hating it. <br /> <br /> Now when I am adult I still thinks it is a bad idiom. I Couldn't take it lightly when I was a child and I can't take it lightly still. Why anyone should suffer for a beauty and how much suffering is acceptable? What people consider beauty and why? Could anyone be beautiful without suffering or doing something for their natural look? <br /> <br /> In Finland we have also idiom "Kärsimys kaunistaa" which means that suffering creates beauty. That means something like your final destination is not so important than the way to get there. <br /> <br /> Here is a picture series of a young girl who went through big plastic surgery. Many people have left comments about was that worth of it and was it right. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://theberry.com/2010/01/20/went-under-the-knife-to-look-like-a-different-person/comment-page-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theberry.com/2010/01/20/went-under-the-knife-to-look-like-a-different-person/comment-page-2/</a></div>

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