Here's a question: Is saying, "I am not attracted to fat women" the same as saying "Fat women cannot be attractive", do you think? What if we replace fat with tall, short, blonde, brunette, redhead, dark-haired, caucasian, black, asian, latina? One is a personal preference declaration, where the other is a blanket statement purporting to speak for everyone else's preferences.
Taunting someone for their weight or race or whatever is wrong; we'd pretty much all agree on that. But it's the taunting that's wrong in that case. The question would be: is having a preference of attraction wrong? There are highly paid supermodels that I think are not even pretty. I couldn't give you a name off the top of my head, as I don't pay much attention to supermodel names. But I know I have from time to time previously seen a news article or advertisement with a photo of a supermodel in it and thought she wasn't at all pretty. But obviously there are enough people who do find her attractive to keep her highly paid. ;)
I would say that there are really three categories any individual has, not two, when it comes to their evaluation of someone's body. Of course, you can subdivide it as much as you want, but here's my basic three: There are bodies that are highly appealing, bodies that are highly repulsive, and bodies that are average. I think most women are in category one or three while considering themselves to be in category two. It always astounds me how many women are the only one that thinks they're fat.
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Date: 2011-06-13 11:31 pm (UTC)Here's a question: Is saying, "I am not attracted to fat women" the same as saying "Fat women cannot be attractive", do you think? What if we replace fat with tall, short, blonde, brunette, redhead, dark-haired, caucasian, black, asian, latina? One is a personal preference declaration, where the other is a blanket statement purporting to speak for everyone else's preferences.
Taunting someone for their weight or race or whatever is wrong; we'd pretty much all agree on that. But it's the taunting that's wrong in that case. The question would be: is having a preference of attraction wrong? There are highly paid supermodels that I think are not even pretty. I couldn't give you a name off the top of my head, as I don't pay much attention to supermodel names. But I know I have from time to time previously seen a news article or advertisement with a photo of a supermodel in it and thought she wasn't at all pretty. But obviously there are enough people who do find her attractive to keep her highly paid. ;)
I would say that there are really three categories any individual has, not two, when it comes to their evaluation of someone's body. Of course, you can subdivide it as much as you want, but here's my basic three: There are bodies that are highly appealing, bodies that are highly repulsive, and bodies that are average. I think most women are in category one or three while considering themselves to be in category two. It always astounds me how many women are the only one that thinks they're fat.