I have one friend who is so naturally beautiful that there is little she could do to improve her appearance, but such people are rare. On the other end of the spectrum, I can think of only one person who is so clock-stoppingly hideous that the situation may be hopeless. But the vast majority of us are somewhere in the middle.
I really don't see anything wrong with it either. Within reason, attempting to look a little better is respectful and courteous to our loved ones, and to the world at large. And in the ugly landscape that is much of America, often the only way to maintain some aesthetic standard in one's daily life.
Liza
> From: Luke Benjamin Weiger <lweiger at umich.edu>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:29:13 -0400 (EDT)
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Queen for a Day: My Gay Makeover
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> On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Liza Featherstone wrote:
>> Also, I think it's a sign of progress that straight men are realizing they
>> may not always have the privilege of looking bad. When women "needed" men
>> more, economically and socially, they had to accept them no matter how
>> terrible (sloppy, badly dressed/groomed) they looked.
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> Most of the money spent on products provided by the beauty industry and
> most of the time spent grooming/preening is a colossal waste (and not
> because looking good isn't important; it is, even if it shouldn't be).
> Other than exercise, dieting, and/or plastic surgery, there's (usually)
> not much any of us can do to improve the way we look.
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> -- Luke
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