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The message this sends to girls is that if you’re pretty, this is the easiest way to make a lot of money. It damages the work of people who have spent decades t
by jbob2000 6y ago
The message this sends to girls is that if you’re pretty, this is the easiest way to make a lot of money. It damages the work of people who have spent decades trying to get women to be valued for things other than their bodies.
- ausbah 6y agoI think the message of telling a person what is and isn't acceptable behavior based only on their gender / sex does nothing but reinforce harmful stereotypes and expectations
- gaze 6y agoThis says more about the relationship between value and money than it does about what is or isn't valuable.
- haunter 6y agoThats incredibly patronizing
- saagarjha 6y agoMen often do physical labor, something which they are on average physiologically better at. We don't discourage them from doing that because we "only value men for their bodies".
- KittenInABox 6y agoLooking pretty can be a lot of work.
- michaelbrave 6y agoI once heard something from someone I never want to agree with but it was a decent point. If intelligence is part of the biological lottery and we value it as an employer for all the advantages it could bring your business, then it's fair to think that someone who is attractive has won a similar genetic lottery and it could bring similar benefits to your business. It's something I want to disagree with, except I can see that there is more truth to it than not, even if it goes against what I believe the world should be.
- justwalt 6y agoI think it’s a good point, and not one I’d considered. But there’s a large lead lead time required to hone intelligence in school or by other means that it doesn’t account for.