"In case you haven't noticed, huge masses of women tend to prize superficiality in other women."
But part of the reason that is the case is because women are told (whether explicitly or not) throughout their lives that their worth is measured by superficial standards. I think it's less clear now because women have come a long way in society but the same underlying causes are there and constantly manifest themselves.
I think the fact that women can be very petty with one another (and sometimes downright vicious) is an example of that. Women generally feel on some level that they're in competition for male approval in some way.
But I think you underestimate how superficial men can be. I don't think most men want women to starve themselves but men are still very superficial. The fact is that women are judged more based on superficial traits by other women and men, whereas men aren't judged by either to the same extent.
For example, I think it's way more common to see women date men they weren't initially very attracted to physically (the attraction might have grown after spending time with them), than it is to see men date women they weren't physically attracted to and that sends a strong message to the sexes.
Also, I think you underestimate how much men gossip. I'd think it's almost the same amount as women based on what I've seen personally. But whether or not it's exactly the same when people gossip, it tends to be about women regardless of the sex doing the gossiping and being that it's gossip, it's normally commenting on some superficial aspect of the women in question.
And lastly ofcourse, men (at least from what I see) are just into their superficial appearances as women are. Maybe my view of this is a little biased because I'm from New York where people tend to take how they dress a little more seriously on average but that would be the same when you compare women from here to women in other areas.
But the difference normally between men's superficiality and women's is that for men at least, it's normally not something that has such disasterous consequences on their health (and it normally isn't a result of a serious psychological issue either). The only exception to this may be men using steriods to get built but I don't think that's anywhere near as prevalent as women trying to become unnaturally skinny.
~But as for how the look became the trend initially, it had nothing to do with making women look weak. It was an idea by designers that the clothes should not be outshone by the models and they wanted the clothes to hang off the models as they would a hanger. It was purely a marketing idea that just led to these consequences. Previously most women in mass media had to be pretty curvy to be considered attractive.
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Don't be slutty, starve yourself like a classy lady would.
Link />I for one would rather see women walking around in nothing than thongs and heels than becoming emaciated, pretending it means they're above it all.
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But part of the reason that is the case is because women are told (whether explicitly or not) throughout their lives that their worth is measured by superficial standards. I think it's less clear now because women have come a long way in society but the same underlying causes are there and constantly manifest themselves.
I think the fact that women can be very petty with one another (and sometimes downright vicious) is an example of that. Women generally feel on some level that they're in competition for male approval in some way.
But I think you underestimate how superficial men can be. I don't think most men want women to starve themselves but men are still very superficial. The fact is that women are judged more based on superficial traits by other women and men, whereas men aren't judged by either to the same extent.
For example, I think it's way more common to see women date men they weren't initially very attracted to physically (the attraction might have grown after spending time with them), than it is to see men date women they weren't physically attracted to and that sends a strong message to the sexes.
Also, I think you underestimate how much men gossip. I'd think it's almost the same amount as women based on what I've seen personally. But whether or not it's exactly the same when people gossip, it tends to be about women regardless of the sex doing the gossiping and being that it's gossip, it's normally commenting on some superficial aspect of the women in question.
And lastly ofcourse, men (at least from what I see) are just into their superficial appearances as women are. Maybe my view of this is a little biased because I'm from New York where people tend to take how they dress a little more seriously on average but that would be the same when you compare women from here to women in other areas.
But the difference normally between men's superficiality and women's is that for men at least, it's normally not something that has such disasterous consequences on their health (and it normally isn't a result of a serious psychological issue either). The only exception to this may be men using steriods to get built but I don't think that's anywhere near as prevalent as women trying to become unnaturally skinny.
~But as for how the look became the trend initially, it had nothing to do with making women look weak. It was an idea by designers that the clothes should not be outshone by the models and they wanted the clothes to hang off the models as they would a hanger. It was purely a marketing idea that just led to these consequences. Previously most women in mass media had to be pretty curvy to be considered attractive.