Sheogorath
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I feel like I could swap the pronouns and this would describe how women behave towards ugly men as well.
There is mutual blindness in both directions.
Yet if we acknowledge it and experiment with looking past it... the "ugly" girl and the "ugly" guy could hold hands.
Yeah maybe neither is each other's ideal, maybe they're a little grossed out and disappointed initially, but so what?
I think we fixate on a romanticism of needing things to feel subconsciously ideal. But there will be challenges in relationships in the future, so why not struggle with one at the start?
If it's an LTR both of you will lose your looks with age, so making piece with your partner not being a 10/10 giga seems like something worth attempting.
Maybe it's too painful for it to work, I dunno, but it seems worth a try, no?
Like maybe it mutually fails and you can just be friends... though I think what hurtsi s the idea that it fails one-sided...
Like maybe Uguy falls for inner beauty of Ugirl to the point where her external form begins to seem cute and endearing to him...
...but then it doesn't work the other way around and she's still repulsed/depressed.
I guess it could work vice versa too. Ugirl sees inner beauty of Uguy, seems a twisted handsomeness in him... warms to him... but he's still cold to her face, distracted, etc.
I don't know absolutely which one happens more often. Maybe that's where the schism between places like here and ForeverAloneWomen occurs: a disagreement over the frequency and prevalence of the lookism and each gender's capability to look past it.
However closer to correctness either side is, odds are even the correct party will have distance in understanding the truth.
Maybe instead of trying to be right about the odds we should be focusing on finding solutions, like arranging to hold hands and talk amongst the uglys?
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When I read this post, it made me think "am I one of those guys who behaves this way?" I actually think I would be more likely to ask a less attractive woman if she would like help carrying a box, as compared to an attractive one. Hard to say why... like because I know attractive girl will have easier time finding help, or she'll be more hostile thinking I'm only helping to get in her pants?
An "ugly" girl with low self esteem might not think that, and just think I'm being nice, which I probably am (I like lifting shit and want to make friends even if it's not sexual, just very nervous around people)
but OTOH maybe she thinks I'm assuming I'll get sex because I think I'm in her league?
How often is this girl struggling to carry bags up stairs and getting ignored? Is it really often enough to conclude no man is willing to help her do it?
I'm sure offers come at a lower frequency, sure. Behavior adapts to that: the gigastacies never have to build arm muscle and can be lazy and try to move too much stuff in a single trip knowing a guy will swoop in.
A becky, who receives less frequent help, will need to partition her grocery bag transportation and be more responsible, relying more on her own agency since she can't take the less-frequent offers of male help for granted.
This in turn will make her think she's getting a lower off-potential than she really is, simply because she doesn't put herself out there as a damsel as frequently as stacy does.