MRDA contra The Sun (# 2,8677): The Ugly Face of Journalism!

[mrda]

"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature"
- Caesar, Caesar and Cleopatra

So on Tuesday, whilst on my work lunch break and for want of anything better to read, I snatched a peek at my work colleague's Sun.....and got a

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[mein_eschaton]

whilst watching my favorite news comedy show "The O'Reilly Factor," yesterday, this guest author came on who was saying that women should be dating less attractive men. through a lot of bs about how women are manipulative imps who consider themselves "entitled to love" his reasons for it came down to the idea that an attractive woman dating an unattractive man essentially "puts her in her place" or something like that.
it was....weird. i'm not even sure i entirely got his logic, but i was rather surprised he wanted to share it with the world because didn't explain his own theory well.
anyway, it not like i don't agree that many, but not all (particularly, attractive) women are stupid whores who feel entitled to shit, i just don't quite get where he was going with that. and the hosts on the show were just like the folks in the Sun;
ZOMG!!!! WHAT ARE THEY THINKING!!!11!!!!! WHY DO THOSE HOT CHICKS LIKE THOSE UGLY GUYS????!!!

[mrda]

Women should be dating the unattractive? What's that? The way I see it, no one dates the unattractive, by their own estimation of such, unless they're playing it super-safe, are masochistic, or for mercenary reasons.

Also, "puts them in their place"? Ha! Like the better you look by societal standards, the more worthy a human being you are? That seems the implication.

[mein_eschaton]

yah it was......weird. and that's an understatement. he had some extraordinarily backwards logic.

[rawr_becca]

well, even in chick magazines everyone looks super perfect and makes you feel like crap. And it's actually good to make women feel inadequate because then they'll buy more stuff to be pretty. Women are the main consumers in general (for everything, not just beauty stuff), IN a country where 2/3 of our economy is based on people buying shit. So women with low self esteem are a TOTAL plus.

But, yeah there are hot women for women, and hot women for men.

[rawr_becca]

Oh no, by "perfect" I did mean airbrushed and all that sort of thing. Primped and edited. Plus, the people in magazines are models, not "everyday girls." Their whole job is about looking good. And I bet that if you saw an "everyday girl" up close or in a magazine next to all the models who have been airbrushed, she would look a little more crappy

[rawr_becca]

oh yeah, and.

there's a whole 'nother industry based on seeing people who are supposed to be perfect-looking when they look like crap, with no make-up or editing and their cellulite hanging out.

And in a strange way maybe that helps? To know they aren't really that great looking.

But it's crazy. Both sides of it.

[rawr_becca]

I think maybe they're with ugly guys, because of like. Well, haven't you heard that song "Make an ugly women your wife, then you'll be happy for the rest of your life..." and she won't cheat on you and will always be thankful to have you.

And also, maybe to get away from all the superficiality of it. To give up on good-looking assholes and find someone who just loves you and also has a personality?

[mrda]

My point is: these women wouldn't even look at those guys if they thought them ugly fucks, y'know?

I suppose people do pair up with those they perceive as "lesser" to salve some inner wound, but I seriously don't think that's the case in many of these pairings, as hard as it is for the "OMG1111!!!" crowd to believe.