Re: virus: beauty meme

red_mist (red_mist@portsurfer.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 22:46:54 +0100


In message <19980429010200.1663.qmail@hotmail.com>, Richard Shellehamer
<salamando666@hotmail.com> writes
>I believe that the only women who fall victim to this meme are those
>that allow themselves to be pulled in. Take my fiance for example. She
>grew up in very superficial surroundings, but she never let it get to
>her. She is a little overweight, she doesn't keep up with the latest
>fashions, but the fact that she isn't afraid to be who she wants to be
>makes her beautiful to me. I hope that my daughter(s), should I have
>any, grow up like their mother. Women need to realize that beauty and
>fashion are all a joke, and change constantly. Being yourself may not
>land you all kinds of men, but it's sure to draw the quality one ;)

When I was at school a while back I had the piss taken outta me and I
was bullied a bit, because I never kept up with the latest fasion and
always wore cloths that didn't fit in with what all the other kids were
waring. This was partly because I wanted to be different but the main
reason was that my parents were quite poor at the time. But when the
financial situation did improve I wanted to ware all the latest cloths
and my dad baught them for me. This didn't improve the situation
because they just found another reason to get at me.

What i'm trying to say is that a lot of people ware nice cloths because
they think it's expected of them, if they don't a lot of people will say
they don't look nice but it doesn't make much of a difference to how
people treat you.

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red_mist