MAKNA CANTIK BAGI MAHASISWI SOSIOLOGI FAKULTAS ILMU POLITIK DAN ILMU SOSIAL UNIVERSITAS RIAU

Abstract

The meaning of beauty for sociology students, faculty of social science and political science, University of Riau. This research was conducted in the department of sociology, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Riau University. The purpose of this research is to find out about the meaning for sociology students either innerbeuaty or outerbeauty and the elements that influence it. In determining the informants, a purposive sampling technique was used, namely active students majoring in sociology class 2017 and having a GPA above 3.50. The number of informants in this study amounted to 5 people. The theory used is Herbert Mead's theory of symbolic interactionism. The results obtained were that all informants interpreted beauty differently and most of them interpreted beauty based on physicality. In interpreting beauty, each informant has their own views or thoughts, but all informants consider that facial hygiene is one of the most important when it comes to physical beauty, while for inner beauty women should have a good heart and character. Not all informants considered that she was beautiful because of the influence of other people's assessments of her and the community environment in which they had social interactions.

Keywords: Beauty, Student