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- From: dwelch@mpd.tandem.com (Dan Welch)
- Newsgroups: soc.women,soc.men
- Subject: Re: Supermodels contribute to spiraling low self esteem?
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 16:03:06 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.182022.9195@tellab5.tellabs.com> <BxsH9p.6FL@quake.sylmar.ca.us> <168A1CDAD.SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu>
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- In article <168A1CDAD.SURGDM@mizzou1.missouri.edu> writes:
- >In article <BxsH9p.6FL@quake.sylmar.ca.us>
- >brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder) writes:
- >
- >>Perhaps feminists would feel better about themselves if the only pictures
- >>in magazine ads, posters, etc. were of ugly sloppy pathetic women.
- >>
- >Perhaps 'feminists' would feel better if *some* men didn't act as though
- >they thought that there were only two types of women- the supermodels
- >and the 'ugly sloppy pathetic' ones.
-
- Perhaps *some* men would appreciate the ugly sloppy pathetic ones more if
- they stopped blaming others for their problems. What do you think makes
- them pathetic? Their looks? No. It's the whole attitude of "Gee, isn't
- life unfair to me because I'm not beautiful. (pout)"
-
- I find it strange how many women rage against how women are only judged on
- their appearance, and then turn around and talk about their low self-esteem
- because they're not supermodel-beautiful. This says to me: "I think that
- my looks are very important to my worth, but I don't want *you* to think
- that." You have to change your own attitude first.
-
- Daniel Welch
- ----
- What an abyss divides the sexes! Let us abandon the pretense of sameness
- and admit the terrible duality of gender.
-
- - Camille Paglia
-