smudge wrote:
leafplant wrote:
smudge wrote:
Yes, it would because the insult isn't personal.
I don't understand - what do you mean insult isn't personal?
The insult of "you're stupid" or "you're ugly" is personal. Saying "you're unattractive" is more general rather than something specific/personal.
What was the point you were making?
I really don't understand how is "you are ugly" different to "you are unattractive" - it's two different ways to say the same thing.
The point I was making..was there a point? No, I wondered why you singled out that specific instance because men are far more likely to critique women for their looks than their brains, so it intrigued me that this in particular upset you. I am sorry, I guess nobody has ever said that to my face, even if they may have thought it so I cannot imagine what it is like.
When I was 14 a guy made a bad remark about my nascent boobs and I've had a complex ever since. He would definitely qualify in the good looks / crappy personality category. He got me into his (parents) tent (we met on holiday) and tried to rape me because the fact that I accept to come in meant that I was 'up for it'. He is lucky I didn't break every bone in his body little s**t. So yea - one could say I learned that lesson very early in life
Oh I just remembered another prick who fits into this category. Again, I was 13 or 14 and he was 19. He was really incredibly good looking but that had obviously seriously went to his head so that's another one that asked me to come into his trailer and then assumed that would mean sex. So, that one got thrown clear across the place and almost got his skull smashed in. But if I hadn't been me (i.e. if I was a regular 13/14 year old girl, he would have raped me for sure). This is not to say that every good looking guy is a rapist, it just so happened that I've had crappy luck in my early life.