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Caitlyn Jenner is 'too good looking'...

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FeijoaSundae · 06/06/2015 02:48

Is there already a thread on this? I've looked and don't see one, so apologies if I'm repeating.

I've just opened our Saturday paper down here at the bottom of the planet, and there's yet another article where a transgender woman is bemoaning the unfairness of Caitlyn's good looks versus her own less than amazing looks.

A couple of quotes from the article: "...the discussion has quickly zeroed in on her elegant femininity - a look far out of reach or most transgender women".

"Caitlyn's beauty makes it problematic for a fat old queen like myself who ... could never emulate Raquel Welsh or Michelle Pfieffer".

And ... "The discussion remained traumatically offending to transgender people whose own 'accident of birth' will never allow them to be a Caitlyn".

Um ... welcome to womanhood...? The looks of pretty much all women who feature of the cover of Vanity Fair are out of the reach of most regular women. Confused

Is this genuinely surprising ... ? It's akin to Dustin Hoffman expressing dissatisfaction with his Tootsy make-over, and saying no, he wants to be a beautiful women. Not a plain one (to be fair, his subsequent epiphany was rather lovely). Well, don't we all, mate, don't we all. Grin

I apologise in advance to any transgender people who think I'm making light of an issues facing their community. But this is an issue that has faced our community since, well, forever. It's part and parcel of being a woman. We are judged, first and foremost, in our looks. Not our ability, or intelligence, or kindness. We are judged on our looks. Welcome to our world!

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MyFriendsCallMeOh · 06/06/2015 04:37

Welcome to the world of women. Overnight,as Bruce changed into Caitlyn, he stopped being judged on who he was and what he did and she was suddenly taken wholly at face value, her face, body, clothes and hair scrutinized.

Caitlyn has undergone extensive facial feminization surgery, of course she will look good, her face has been designed rather than born. Caitlyn truly is a woman, not only physically, emotionally, spiritually but also in the way she is treated, she knows she has to conform to a certain standard of beauty being in the public eye and she's doing that from day one. It's pretty sad.

velouria · 06/06/2015 03:34

Totally agree, by accident of genetics or whatever, I seem to be a somewhat fat and ugly Woman. To add to my dilemma, I have no interest in traditionally Female pursuits, have no interest in pandering to Men, couldn't give a shiny shite about this ideal of a hairless, surgically enhanced sexbot.

Apparently now I should register as a A MAN, because obviously I couldn't possibly be female.

MrsTerryPratchett · 06/06/2015 03:14

I've been meaning to post about the nasty comparisons between how the Vanity Fair shoot looks and Kris Jenner's looks. All over my FB. Because what every person wants is to be unfavorably compared to their transgender partner's looks when they are divorcing. It's just horrible. All that is important is who looks like what.