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Thursday, February 19, 2004Lookist societywell yes as much as i detest the fact that looks matter in our life as mentioned in this mag article about a lookist society... i am inevitably guilty of acting differently to people according to how they look. ok but i dun despise a person who's disadvantaged in the looks department and fall for any eye candy in sight. but still first impressions are based on looks no matter how u say that inner beauty is wat matters. there's no way u can see through people on first look. but looks in my sense does not nec mean genetically determined but also how the person carry him/herself off. like a smile never fails to make a person look good. an air of charisma is a bonus of coz... topped off with some unexplainable X-factor. like how i feel it harder to reject the sales antics of an attractive salesperson (female) and unknowingly smile at the very adorable babies i see on trains, how a pretty lecturer can make me feel that i shdnt sleep even though it's not exactly interesting and how my urge to stare subside when the person who knocked into me look pleasant. ok now it makes me think that i'm shallow. or am i? studies hav shown that it is juz an inherent cognitive nature of humans to be drawn to beauty; babies below one year old with no predeposition to the society's beauty standards look longer and response better to good looking people. so it's juz natural for me to react this way? but stil we are in a society with increasing emphasis placed on beauty. beauty ads with flawless faces rampant. countless ways on market to enhance our beauty. and it's a basic assumption that people want to look good. yes i can balantly admit to that. to add to that i'm vain. a fren once lamented "looks can give u a better life". hmm ok yeah on extremes: there are no ugly mistresses. no pretty roadsweeper. pretty celebrities who shot to fame by flashing a perfect or some flesh. plain actors who work doubly hard to get the same amt of news space. lucrative business has an unspoken rule on looks... ok u dun hav to gorgeous but no ugly duckings (unless u hav extraordiary talent and luck). ok while there's a little truth to that, happiness does not hav preferences on looks. anybody is entitled to hav a good life, looks can only bring u some conveniences. and i totally believe in that. i may be naturally drawn to beauty but i do not seek out beauty. while i'm juz as concerned bout looking presentable i'm also working at exploring the real me. to know wat makes me me. i hav insecurities in the past coz of who i am. but i hav come to accept that it's juz that i hav more going on in my mind than through my mouth. so yes we are in a lookist society. but now with practically everybody looking so good, it's the something extra that defines a person. i mean yeah i see lots of pretty n well-dressed gals on the street... guys a few... i dun even take second glances... but i get drawn to those who shines otherwise, like the guy who offers to help an old lady carry her stuff, or the gal whose confident stride supersedes how she looks like. ha in any case... i'm stil not yet a convert appearance is stil the first device to judge a person. so yes i do stil hav my insecurities. amaranthine froze in time on 1:24 AM
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