Reply #3: TV sucks [View All]

[ismnotwasm]

It controls culture to point of old science fiction ideas.

I heard this as well, but usually "I looked hot that day" or "I have to look hot tonight"
The majority of men and women are average looking.(Too me) Once in a while a type of beauty comes along that turns heads in our everyday, average world. Interestingly, it's seem to be the face that draws us in these cases. And it's all subjective, or used to be, but the beauty myth has been shoved at us over and over.

The most beautiful woman I've ever known hands down (TV, models, and movies included) is a mixed race woman who never was petite, but curvy. Her face was symmetry itself. She was human art in that way.

The most beautiful man I ever saw was a Samoan male standing in the market in traditional dress. He too, was art.

Would I call them "hot"? Hell no. The term degrades what I felt looking at them.

I guess "hot" means sexually desirable. Which is fine, but not when that's all you have to offer. Women suffer more because much of our perceived value is still based on our appearance. Instead of rejecting that, many young women seem to have decided to give in. They've been fooled.

I remember reading an interview with Cher many years ago. Her mother evidently told her that their was always going to be someone prettier, more talented, more desirable and to make the most of what she had.

So what are these "hot" young women feeling when someone considered more attractive comes along? One of those beautiful persons that seem to need very little artifice? How do they react? What internal resources to they have to bolster their self esteem? Do they lose more weight, hit the tanning salon, Hit the bottle? It's an alarming trend. And many of these young women are well aware that they'll age. I've heard "I have to use it while I have it".
Sadly,
"It" doesn't last all that long.