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Men have replaced beauty with a standard that is impossible for women to hit!

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ForkfulOfTabouleh · 01/04/2011 23:12

Very powerful blog post written by a man - imploring other men to turn their back's on fake beauty and relish real beauty.

It's not often that you read something like this from a man which actually is making a good attempt to assess where we are today in terms of objectification etc. It touches on porn etc also.

There are a lot of arguments in there that I want to "learn". I find that I have to digest a lot of things to be able to refute/debate/argue in RL against the prevailing culture we have.

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Deliainthemaking · 03/04/2011 18:41

Yeah Proles, thats a bit {hmm}

Prolesworth · 02/04/2011 17:14

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WillieWaggledagger · 02/04/2011 07:45

interesting and somewhat encouraging that a man is recognising these things. I agree with some parts of it, but I'm a bit Hmm at others like encouraging men to ogle RL women MORE in the guise of appreciating their beauty. or maybe it's just the way he's worded that

noodle69 · 02/04/2011 07:32

You can be beautiful without surgical intervention. Most men in my experience arent attracted to fake boobs etc. I also dont know many men that like the really over top fake tan, straggy extensions look that a lot of girls like to wear. Men usually like someone a bit different who doesnt look like an exact clone of everyone else. It is magazines that make you think differently, but thats not what real men aspire to in my RL experience.

You saying you have never looked at a male celebrity and thought they were very sexy etc. Doesnt mean you are going to only go out with someone who looks like that, or expect a man on the street to look like it. Its the media, a fantasy. Just realise the attractive things about yourself, both in looks and personality and think of the reasons any man would be lucky to have you. Real beauty and confidence comes from the inside.

Missingfriendsandsad · 01/04/2011 23:23

why are women so nasty to themselves? we are allowed to be sexual in ways that women 40 years ago could only dream of, but when we are sexual other women bitch about us and say we are exploited by evil men and are stupid because we don't know. I have been criticised by women for years for being attractive and therefore risky to have around.