Gorgeous Girl Syndrome

Jeanie

given2fly78 wrote:

Terribly, terribly tragic.

But unfortunately, looks play such a huge part in our society. Last weekend I went out shopping and I was wearing a ratty Pearl Jam t-shirt and shorts. No makeup, hair in a ponytail. Seriously, I was treated like crap. And I only noticed it because normally when I go shopping I'll go after work or if I can scoot out for a bit during work where I'm all decked out. And when I'm dressed up, I get the "Can I help you", "Look at this bag", "Where did you get those shoes?" crap. People fall over themselves to help when you LOOK the part.

It was the first time I'd really noticed how you dress affects how people treat you. It kind of made me nauseous.

Now, keep in mind, when I get dressed for work it's like I'm playing "dress up". The MOMENT I get home, I'm out of my heels and suit and into shorts or jammies. It's not natural for me, but it's part of the game.

But it's so sad how much pressure we have to look good, smell good, perfect makeup and hair. And I have to admit, I've fallen into the trap...even if it's only during working hours. But trust me, I'm no model. :-)

I've noticed that too and I find it highly offensive and usually take great pleasure in asking for help and generally being annoyingly polite and continuing to engage in conversation with the sales person if I think they're making generalizations about me based on my attire. Think Pretty Woman, only I don't bother getting frocked up to point out the error. It's a disgrace really.

This idea that the world has that it's all about how you look instead of who you are is a very sad indictment on the human race. Seemingly it extends to all kinds of things, for instance if you're disabled you must put on a brave face and be inspirational, if you're overweight then you must be unhealthy, depressed and lead a miserable life, if you're unnattractive you must be stupid and a loser, if you're old you must not look after yourself and be cranky supposing people even see you at all. It goes on and on. I wonder how long it will take before people wake up and smell the roses? It's all subjective anyway. Breathtakingly beautiful people are no better or worse than anyone else. We're all here and we all have something completely unique about us, it seem ludicrous in the extreme to deny that.
But then I find the whole fashion/media industry to mostly be a complete waste of space anyway.

I'm with you Rhino, giving the situation a catch phrase is just perpetuating it.

A tragic situation end of story, that she died pretty shouldn't even come in to it. She died, why they feel the need to continue to objectify and label her in death is beyond me and says a whole lot more about those doing it than it will ever say about her.

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She wasn't pretty anyway...not all models are pretty! Especially those runway models...they are usually too skinny with big heads who just fit into the clothes nicely. Victoria Secret Models are the way to go and you don't see them killing themselves...that chick must of been on drugs!

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Swan wrote:

i don't have either of those, i might have pretty girl syndrome though.

I only date pretty women, I'm a sucker for a pretty face!