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From: eom@rti-sel.UUCP (Estelle Mabry)
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Subject: Re: Money vs. Good looks
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Date: Wed, 22-May-85 21:04:11 EDT
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> > I've always found this a fascinating issue.  Society applauds when men
> > and women go after one another for good looks.  But being attracted to
> > wealth, fame, power or position is considered sinful.  In a society
> > that tries so hard (on the surface) to get people treated according to
> > what they are and what their abilities are, instead of their genetic
> > heritage, isn't this a contradiction?
> 
> I don't think this is true.  I will agree that people are probably more
> likely to think that it's OK to choose a partner on the basis of looks
> than on the basis of power, etc.  But I don't think that (in theory at
> least) society really "applauds" this.  In reality, lots of people DO
> choose partners on the basis of all of these factors, but I think that
> most people believe that you should judge people based on their 
> personalities, attitudes, values, and so forth.
> 
> > Now I know good looks can be a combination of natural looks and hard work,
> > but the genetics certainly play a part.  Not so with other attributes as
> > long as they are self made.
> 
> I'm not convinced of this totally.  For example, a question that bothers
> me (I have no answer to it, unfortunately) is "why do we judge people on
> the basis of their intelligence?  why do intelligent people often have it
> so much better than unintelligent people?"  Why should intelligence, which
> is not really a self-determined trait (I don't know what a psychologist
> would say, but it seems to me it has more to do with genetics and early
> environment, e.g. parental influence, than any kind of desire or will to
> be intelligent), be used to judge a person?  I think the answers to this
> question are not as simple as one might think.  (You may disagree, that's
> fine.)  
> 
> What point am I trying to make here?  No point, just something to think
> about and see if anyone has anything (intelligent, of course! :-) ) to
> contribute.
> 
> 	marie desjardins
Let's not forget Henry Kissinger's famous line:

	"POWER is the most powerful aphrodisiac!" (SMIRK by Henry) 

If you didn't hear that phrase, you're young (<30); if you don't believe it,
look at his wife!  Let's now mention the Hollywood starlets (: I know) who threw
themselves at Henry.   

"Learn to love the one you're with"* and yourself! 

			Estelle

*Crosby, Stills & Nash, a long time ago.