Nowhere in the OP did he say anything about being mean to others, nor did Somesunnyday. I take it as a given people shouldn't be mean to one another, not that it stops some from doing it.
Women are judged far more harshly for their physicality than men are. Pick nearly any actress and go to their board here and you'll see men posting about their appearance and little else. Too fat, too thin, not big enough boobs or butt for their liking, ugly, old, etc. I always wonder what these guys look like, and think the chances are they don't look like much themselves.
We place too much weight on people's physical appearance anyway, and not enough on things such as character, intelligence, sense of humour and so on.
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actionkamen (23176)
5 years ago
I agree that women are judged more harshly on the base of appearance. Actress and celebrities in general I can still somewhat understand, because appearance is maybe the most important selling point of many of them. And male celebs also often get unfair criticism based on looks only. But when it's some unrelated professions this thing is getting nasty. I mean, female scientists, politicians, doctors, etc. are also unfairly judged by their appearance, body shape, etc. needlessly way way more than their male counterparts.
Still, women that say they only want tall men but then getting offended by men that say they only want slim women are irritating.
I can sympathize with the OP's plight though. When these women's most important criteria is tallness... isn't that as shallow as men that judge women on physical appearance only? But the same women then feel offended with the same kind of men?
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Catbookss (13664)
5 years ago
It depends on the actress and the roles they're playing, but the same thing would go for actors. If they're playing heartthrobs, I suppose it's somewhat understandable, but still there's a lot of ridiculous hate heaped on if someone supposedly doesn't meet a viewer's standards for attractiveness π
It's one thing if the story line for the character is they're supposed to be enormously attractive, and they're not. That's fair criticism.
True, the same thing happens when the profession is entirely unrelated to appearance, and still the yammering goes on.
Oh, I completely agree. If a woman's going to say they only want tall/handsome/[fill in criteria] men, they'd better not get offended if a man says they only want women who are slim/hot/[fill in criteria].
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