Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!ora!daemon From: synth@yenta.alb.nm.us (Synth F. Oberheim) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: Female human aesthetics Message-ID: <1990Nov12.063220.13590@yenta.alb.nm.us> Date: 16 Nov 90 02:41:04 GMT Sender: ambar@ora.com (Jean Marie Diaz) Organization: yenta unix pc, rio rancho, nm Lines: 34 Approved: ambar@ora.com gazit@cs.duke.EDU (Hillel Gazit) writes: >In some article morphy@truebalt.cco.caltech.edu (Jones Maxime Murphy) writes: >>Women in North America suffer from a standard of "beauty" which is >>unrealistic and downright unhealthy for many of them. >All over history the ideal "beauty" has always been something that >most people could not achieve. To think that you can change that is >unrealistic... It is also narrow-minded and prejudicial to sit back and accept attitudes that are clearly unproductive and unhealthy ... >>More important, we need to attack the double >>standard which judges women much more by appearance than men. >If you think that women don't judge men by >their appearance then you are *wrong*. Read more carefully: the statement was "women are judged *more* by appearance than men", which is most certainly (and sadly) true. There are scores of double-standards that are flying around our society: women are definitely more conscious of their weight as it affects their appearance, their attire, makeup usage. Now, would you assert that men worry about these things as much as women? Women are taught in our culture from Day One to be conscious of these things, and men certainly play a role in perpetuating this stigma. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :: :: :: :: :: Synth (F. Oberheim) yenta unix pc (((((In Stereo))))) :: :: :: :: :: :: :: synth@yenta.alb.nm.us Albuquerque where available ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fascinating, captain ... my tricorder appears to be going ape-shit.