I think in general when some is good at what they do and given the freedom to do it well and they feel recognised for it, they just ooos ';mojo'; everyone who has mojo is attractive.How much does beauty and sexual attractiveness play apart in women's social value?
That's a loaded question.
Many women feel that beauty is the ONLY factor in determining their social value, and so pursue it and its milestones (playboy boyfriend, modeling, etc.) to the exclusion of everything else. Some of these women end up being quite successful. Many, of course, do not.
On the other hand, I know quite a few women that, for lack of a better term, I could only describe as ';alpha females';, whose personality gives them high social value, regardless of how attractive they are. Given, with that type of personality tends to come a high degree of motivation to look good, and many of them do-but pretty much of all them have what they want, when they want it.
Like it or not beauty does play a part in how people are viewed by others. If you're not the best in the looks department then you'll just have to accept this handicap and make up for it in other areas (chances are you already do).
It seems a lot easier for not so good-looking men to be judged by their talents rather than their looks. How many exceptionally talented but ugly female celebrities are there?
I don't think a woman dolling herself up is going to make much of a difference though. People's social perceptions are more based on natural beauty such as a symmetrical face. As long as you are hygenic and don't have an ugly haircut, there's not much you can do to change it.
A whole lot.
It is very difficult to be raised in this society (I am US - middle class to affluent city) and NOT base at least some of your self worth as a typical woman on your looks.
This is something that I have struggled with for a long time - at age 34 now, I am feeling the pressure as I start to look older....
The media is CONSTANTLY throwing in your face ways to become beautiful - ways to loose weight, affirming that we are never OK as we are...that we NEED to buy the products in order to be successful, loved, and happy.
Example - how many times do you see these ridiculous hydroxycut things on the internet showing a normal woman and saying ';do you look like this';...';well why aren't you doing something abuot it?! don't you want to look like that?'; and then there will be a picture of a girl who looks like a model, or a personal fitness trainer.
It gets old. You start feeling like you can't just be normal - that normal women --- who are 5';2 and 140 --- are not acceptable. You should be aspiring to look perfect in order to be happy, loved, succesful, and a respected part of society.
And no - not all women subscribe to this.....but it takes a tremendous amount of positive influence, support, role models, affirmation, and tuning-out the other influences....which are very insidious. And the women who are happy as they are --- who don't look perfect are very often categorized as lazy, apathetic, and bitches if they don't conform.
Not as much as they would like to think. Women go to ridiculous lengths, put pressure on themselves,and compete on the basis of looks. We men are judged the same way, but money, power, and influence are added to the matrix. But most of us just say the heck with what others think. Like me, or like me not.
More than we want to admit.
It plays the biggest part there is; for instance a woman could be into wearing jeans, T-shirts and fipper-floppers, but you can bet her hair is going to be brushed to accentuate her features, her sun-glasses are going to accentuate her features.
At a Young age, alot.. as they age, not as much.
As men mature, they realize that women need to have a personality in order to be worth anything. Alot of girls can get by on their looks for a while, but once they start dealing with mature more then need to have more substance.
It completely depends on the woman. I know some who would rather wear a T-shirt and jeans in a heartbeat...no matter what. Others cannot pass a window or mirror without checking the hair. Some absolutely must have name brand EVERYTHING, while others could give a rats ***
Everything. As a man i don't even want to talk to a woman if i'm not attracted to her and don't blame me it's how God made us. Fortunately the ratio of good-looking women to men is 20-1.
The vast majority, just like the majority of men's social value is money and power.
Women, respected in society?!?? Interesting. Obviously completely false, but interesting.
Just look at the multi-billion dollar cosmetic industry.
No comments:
Post a Comment