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hyperlexian wrote:
i think an interesting subquestion is whether people already think they are really attractive. women seem quite polarized on that, and very few seem to see themselves as somewhere in middle looks-wise - where the majority of the world falls. it seems like we tend to see ourselves as either highly attractive or highly unattractive, not just pleasant or ok or average. is that an aspie thing, or just universal with women? am i off-base with this? it also seems like we tend to think we were best-looking when we were young, and that we lose our looks as we age. is that my imagination, or is there a pattern there?
Going back to the whole women-are-objects-to-be-looked-at thing, I think a lot of women think they're either (highly) attractive or (highly) ugly because of the way a lot of people (i.e., men) classify women in general.
I also found a picture yesterday that I thought was interesting:
The joke here is supposed to be straightforward: the Hooters girls are hot, the feminist is not--and so no wonder she's a feminist. What struck me as odd was how the faces of the two Hooters girls and the feminist rate about the same on the attractiveness scale (I'd say 7/10--which is above average but which still isn't good enough for many people), and how the thinner-than-average feminist probably could've been considered "hotter" than the Hooters girls if she'd slapped on some makeup and wore the right clothes and the right hairstyle. So apparently, what makes a woman attractive in the eye of most people has less to do with how she naturally looks like than with how much effort she's put into looking like how everyone wants her to.
10 Sep 2010, 2:56 pm
10 Sep 2010, 2:58 pm
menintights wrote:
hyperlexian wrote:
i think an interesting subquestion is whether people already think they are really attractive. women seem quite polarized on that, and very few seem to see themselves as somewhere in middle looks-wise - where the majority of the world falls. it seems like we tend to see ourselves as either highly attractive or highly unattractive, not just pleasant or ok or average. is that an aspie thing, or just universal with women? am i off-base with this? it also seems like we tend to think we were best-looking when we were young, and that we lose our looks as we age. is that my imagination, or is there a pattern there?
Going back to the whole women-are-objects-to-be-looked-at thing, I think a lot of women think they're either (highly) attractive or (highly) ugly because of the way a lot of people (i.e., men) classify women in general.
I also found a picture yesterday that I thought was interesting:
The joke here is supposed to be straightforward: the Hooters girls are hot, the feminist is not--and so no wonder she's a feminist. What struck me as odd was how the faces of the two Hooters girls and the feminist rate about the same on the attractiveness scale (I'd say 7/10--which is above average but which still isn't good enough for many people), and how the thinner-than-average feminist probably could've been considered "hotter" than the Hooters girls if she'd slapped on some makeup and wore the right clothes and the right hairstyle. So apparently, what makes a woman attractive in the eye of most people has less to do with how she naturally looks like than with how much effort she's put into looking like how everyone wants her to.
my husband had always noticed this phenomenon - the women whose good looks are tied to their hair/makeup/clothing. he is not interested in women who look like that - he would prefer the one with the sign. as he puts it, when he looks at women like Hooters type, he finds that his eyes "slide right off"... there is nothing different or interesting to hold his glance. i wonder how many guys are like that?
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hyperlexian wrote:
mechanicalgirl39 wrote:
hyperlexian wrote:
mechanicalgirl39 wrote:
'very, very, very good point. with some hair bleach, tanning lotion, heavy makeup and skimpy clothes, apparently most of us could be HAWT! '
Yuck...NOT hot.
Trashy, oversexual, stylized, but not beautiful.
I would cut my face with razorblades before becoming one of THOSE women.
yeah i was being sarcastic. i mean, technically i COULD dress like that, but i would not do so!Yuck...NOT hot.
Trashy, oversexual, stylized, but not beautiful.
I would cut my face with razorblades before becoming one of THOSE women.
Ohh sorry! Not good at recognizing sarcasm...
I smell a sitcom!
10 Sep 2010, 5:28 pm
Erisad wrote:
hyperlexian wrote:
mechanicalgirl39 wrote:
hyperlexian wrote:
mechanicalgirl39 wrote:
'very, very, very good point. with some hair bleach, tanning lotion, heavy makeup and skimpy clothes, apparently most of us could be HAWT! '
Yuck...NOT hot.
Trashy, oversexual, stylized, but not beautiful.
I would cut my face with razorblades before becoming one of THOSE women.
yeah i was being sarcastic. i mean, technically i COULD dress like that, but i would not do so!Yuck...NOT hot.
Trashy, oversexual, stylized, but not beautiful.
I would cut my face with razorblades before becoming one of THOSE women.
Ohh sorry! Not good at recognizing sarcasm...
I smell a sitcom!
