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Post by Sweet Pea on Feb 24, 2011 20:35:58 GMT -5
i agree with you that self-acceptance does not have to be wrapped in self-delusion. but we can accept that we don't meet the current popular standards for physical beauty without hating ourselves - that is the key.
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Post by 1229 on Feb 24, 2011 21:13:24 GMT -5
Very true. I think nobody wants to talk about it because nobody wants to come out and say "oh, you're ugly" and be really mean about it to someone's face. Behind their back? Oh, yeah that definitely goes on. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but our society is so skewed on what is deemed physically attractive that it's not really an individual ideal anymore. It's more about what caught the eye of a movie director or photographer and suddenly someone who is otherwise average is the next big thing and that ideal is all over the media 24/7. Leaving us to second guess ourselves. I'd like to think I'm not that shallow, but the truth is I would need to be physically attracted to a guy to make the relationship work. Usually, the guys I'm attracted to are not the ones who are strikingly good looking or even better than average when I first meet them. I usually fall for dare I say it their personality. Then all of a sudden I've got this mad crush and they're beyond good looking in my eyes.
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