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writes: We largely agree that true beauty comes from within and superficial pulchritude fades with time...However, since young women are constantly being bombarded with images of gorgeous people who relentlessly seek to sell us the promise of looks, elegance, success, and ultimately SEX in a multibillion dollar industry of cosmetics, fragrance, fashion, and pharmaceuticals I am curious what you think: In our society- today- how would you define physical beauty and how did the pursuit of beauty get so destructive for so many: Anorexia/bulimia, drugs, diet pills, relentless exercising, plastic surgery...(are only a few of the byproducts/ consequences of this proliferating markets)?
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reader, anonymous, writes (29 December 2009): In response to caring guy , it is not only women that have pressure, but it is a fact that tall, handsome men do better in thier careers. Men have the pressure as well. Women love tall , dark, handsome men. I just spoke to an attorney the other day that is short and he said women will reject him alot because of that. It is a myth, that men are the only visual ones as women are as well. It is the same for both sexes. In regards to the media , they are appealing to our insecurities and it is working , so we spend more money on hair color, implants, botox. But if you look around many, average looking women are getting decent looking, nice men. Try not to let the media make you feel inscure. Alot of those women would not look as good if they did not have fake eye lashes, hair extensions, highlights, stunning clothes, lipo, implants etc. Do the best with what nature gave you. Try and develop all facets of yourself and do not let the marketing machine define you. MOst women walking around do not look like the images on televison. So it is not affecting as many women as we think as obesity is at a sky high rate.
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reader, softtouchmale2003  +, writes (28 December 2009):
 Those who obsess too much over physical beauty will never see the hidden rose under their nose, and then they will only feel its thorn at the end of their pursuits.
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reader, CaringGuy  +, writes (28 December 2009):
There is no way to define beauty. Beauty is what we make of it. I might think a woman is beautiful, someone else might not. It all depends on what we see and what we like. Sadly, the pursuit of beauty comes down to two things. One is men, the other is money. Women are bombarded with images of the perfect woman either because they think that's what men like, or they think that they are more likely to succeed if they are beautiful, thin etc. There is a huge amount of pressure on women to be perfect and succeed at everything they do, and all this can lead to huge esteem problems, depression, eating disorders. So the key is one's own self esteem and confidence. You need to be happy for yourself, and accept yourself for who you are.
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