well, this certainly explains a LOT ... like why the skinny, blonde, overly-flirtatious, dressed-like-a-teenager mother of teenagers in my office has men literally throwing themselves at her, and i can pretty much exist unnoticed.
I am not at all surprised. Disgusted, absolutely, but not surprised. (Hey, do I get to feel morally superior here 'cause I'm married to a short man? Heh. Probably not.)
I liked that first paragraph "...like to think of America as a meritocracy..." Ha. Most of us got over THAT pipe dream ages ago. Those of us with tits, that is, or with dark skin, or.... Meritocracies only exist when all other bias has been exhausted.
I guess we can start making the same joke about plastic surgery as has been made about sex change surgery. Female to male would be the single best financial investment a woman could ever make. I guess plastic surgery might rank right up there too.
Your coworkers lack the ability to appreciate different kinds of beauty - someone like you, who is tall, strong, shapely, has wonderful curly hair, and always dresses with style - can be just as sexy in a different way as a blonde bombshell - in fact, a lot of men might prefer you to her.
I guess I'm not as open-minded as I think either, though - while I really don't think I'm too stringent on what I like men to look like, I really do not find shortness in a man attractive at all. I guess if I found a fabulous guy who happened to be short, I'd get over it really quickly, but it's the one thing I really don't care for.
Like Dani said, my coworkers lack the ability appreciate different kinds of beauty, just like the lack the ability to appreciate different lifestyles, opinions, living arrangements, diet preferences, political views, and so on. at least they're consistant!
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I liked that first paragraph "...like to think of America as a meritocracy..." Ha. Most of us got over THAT pipe dream ages ago. Those of us with tits, that is, or with dark skin, or.... Meritocracies only exist when all other bias has been exhausted.
I guess we can start making the same joke about plastic surgery as has been made about sex change surgery. Female to male would be the single best financial investment a woman could ever make. I guess plastic surgery might rank right up there too.
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Date: 2002-08-26 04:54 pm (UTC)I guess I'm not as open-minded as I think either, though - while I really don't think I'm too stringent on what I like men to look like, I really do not find shortness in a man attractive at all. I guess if I found a fabulous guy who happened to be short, I'd get over it really quickly, but it's the one thing I really don't care for.
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Date: 2002-08-27 06:59 am (UTC)no subject
Like Dani said, my coworkers lack the ability appreciate different kinds of beauty, just like the lack the ability to appreciate different lifestyles, opinions, living arrangements, diet preferences, political views, and so on. at least they're consistant!