Posted on 02/20/2005 10:36:59 AM PST by gopwinsin04
At the dawn of feminism, there was an assumption that women would not be as severely judged on their looks in ensuing years. Phooey. It's just the opposite.
Looks matter more than ever, with more and more women spending fortunes turning themselves into generic, plastic versions of what they think men want, reaching for eerily similar plumped up faces and body shapes.
Pretty soon, we will be back into the era when flight attendants--or shall I say stewardesses-- are canned when they gain a few pounds.
The New York Post reported that Boragta Hotel and Spa in Atlantic City would start weighing all of its waitresses and those who gain more than 7 pounds will lose their jobs unless they get rid of the weight.
Consider this gender differentation: A georgeous fit guy who sleeps with overweight women is throwing himself 'on the grenade' for the team. A georgeous fit girl who sleeps with an overweight unattractive man is lucky to have found romance in 'Sideways' and 'Hitch.'
In Neil Labute's play 'Fat Pig' Jeremy Piven's character drops an overweight woman--even after she offers to staple her stomach-- he likes simply because he cannot bear his friends mockery of him. TV is full of 'Beauty and the Beast' pairings, with fat lazy husbands and foxy, impressive wives.
One thing is sure though. Guys who look at fat women as [romantic] 'slump busters' are fatheads.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
The MoDo bird looks a little past her expiration date, judging by that last picture..
You poor, poor, delusional thing..
Today is my first encounter with Free Republic. I've read about it and thought I would check it out.
Maybe I'm missing the humor here, if that is what is intended. Is it correct then, that women who have been decided by certain people (?) as being less than attractive or other-than-the-current-trend weightwise are not worthy of consideration and belong in a lower-rated class of human?
My wife is attractive but not beautiful, is physically fit and not overweight but is not thin. If those "judges" posting herein saw her and decided that she is ugly and fat, does she then belong in this lower class?
Or is this all in fun, and the women who view these posts are supposed to not be offended if they happen to believe they don't measure up to the high standards established in this thread?
I think you missed the point. People here are not biased against women due to looks, etc - we're biased against Maureen Dowd because her columns have increasingly become a repetitive whinge about how she can't get a date. Previously, she revealed herself to be just another typical, New York Times liberal stooge.
That's all.
Regards, ivan
Women are required to jump with their comments. All women FReepers are required to sit down and offer men FReepers their opinions.
YOU take one for the team....
"Ah. Offering to "take one for the team", are you? "
No, not at all. Call me a perv, but the fiery Dowd is my type.
Keep in mind that she's been dating aaron sorkin. Listening to him spout off about his 'courageous award winning' crack induced portrayals of fantasy land white houses over cocktails is enough to make any woman irritable.
But adult gals know the acrobatics better than younger ones:) Try one out!
Yep...
I see comments about Dowd in the thread and these are fun and interesting. I believe she is one of the best writers in America's mainstream media even though I disagree with her many times. However, there are also many posts supporting the position that women who don't measure up are less than worthy.
used to be called "call-girls" or "whores" - is that preferable?
...realize that the best night of their lives was actually the worst. That really cute baseball player they thought liked them just the way they are,... .
They probably did - but who "are" they, that meet and sleep at the first meeting?
For some reason, I feel compelled to read all the MoDo columns posted.
It's not because I like to look at all the Zeta-Jones pics that are sure to follow.
I must be ill.
To which of my questions does "yep" apply?
You need to do an intervention with her. Get her away from her friends. That's your job.
The one that pleases the largest amount of people...
Yet, she probably wonders why she goes to bed alone.
actually, the Mo makes some good points in this one.
Ever since Marty, it's been shown and it's sad that men are way too easily influenced by what their "friends" think about their wimmen.
Of course, once they've married a thin girl and she gets fat, no one can say anything.
Moral: get the ring, girls.
Well, there! I've learned my one new thing for the day - I can now relax.
"Termagant: an overbearing or nagging woman : SHREW
:O)
Since Marty? Since beginning of time is more like it...
(Marty is one of my favorite movies, Borgnine = very good)
Translation: Men don't like me because I'm not a supermodel. It has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that a picture of myself is next to the "Bitterness" and "*itchy" entries in the dictionary.
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