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Beauty or Brains?
Have you ever wondered why guys only choose to date the girls that are either brainless, or have a completely fake personality? Well, I think that the answer remains questioned. Most guys go after the “hot blondes,” not really caring about their personality, and only their looks. I think that this issue causes three main problems. For one, it makes some girls feel insecure, or not “pretty” enough. Two, it gives girls a label on what they should and should not look like. And lastly, it tells girls that we need to reach a high expectation to be good enough.
As we know, the world is not perfect. However, we also live in a very judgmental world. Today, girls are constantly judged on their facial features, they eye and hair color, their body, and more. When guys choose the girls with not only no brain, but a horrible personality, it shows what kind of guy that person really is. Not only is it a shallow act on the guy’s part, but it also offends the girls. When girls see that guys are not going to be interested unless you meet certain expectations, they tend to change their features to meet others expectations. Things such as dying hair and acting dumb are two things that girls do just to get guy’s attention, knowing that they will not even notice them unless they act that way. Because of all these horrendous acts, girls are influenced to change themselves to the way others would rather them look like.
All throughout magazine’s, girls are shown what they should and should not look like. For instance, have you ever seen an overweight person on the cover of a magazine? This example is why so many girls are self conscious, because they are not only constantly judged by everyone around them, but also by guys. I think that guys play a major part in why girls sometimes do not feel pretty enough. For one, most guys do not talk to the girls that they do not feel are up to their “standards.” In most cases, personality is the last thing that even matters. Most guys only care about the outside appearance. Even though they say that they look for sweet, beautiful girls, they tend to go for the brainless fake girls instead. Even though guys might say that they want sophisticated girls that are intelligent and sweet, they usually don’t keep their word. Unfortunately, girls cannot control the looks they are born with, but it is also up to them weather to change themselves just for the benefit of guys.
Having high expectations is not only rude, but it is also making girls be something they are not. If a guy truly liked a girl, he would accept the way she was and not ask her to change. Even though magazines show that we are supposed to look thin, with perfect hair and a perfect body, girls cannot be perfect no matter how hard we try. Even though on the surface, a girl may act like they are comfortable with being someone who they aren’t, they would much rather be accepted the way they are without someone asking them to change just to be accepted. Even though they will not admit it, they would much rather have boys ask them to stay exactly who they are. Sometimes it is difficult for a guy to admit that they would rather have a clueless attractive girl than an average intelligent one. However, if the world only depended on outer appearances, how would problems such as racism or discrimination ever be solved?
I believe that judging girls from their outer appearance is wrong as well as insulting. The next time a guy thinks about rejecting an intelligent girl, I think that they should think about what will end up happening in the long run. If judging continues, it think that not only will girl’s self esteem continue to drop, but that they will never feel good enough, even though they cannot change what they were given. I also think that guys should be able to step up and know that judging girls is wrong, and it will only continue to affect girls in a negative way in the long run.
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I agree with you. guys can date who they want and shouldn't be juged about it.
I agree with part of what you're saying. I know a lot of guys who are just as shallow as, or more so than this essay says.I also know that girls are pressured - a lot! - to be like the models on Seventeen, Vogue, etc.
However, I also know a lot of guys who go far deeper than the stereotype in this article. Some girls are ditzy - some guys are shallow. But neither category is exclusive.
I also find, talking to my guy friends/brothers, that sure, they'll date the girls who are "easy" and/or flirtatious, but in the long run, they want to spend the rest of their lives with a woman who's intelligent and a few inches past skin-deep.
Are you kidding me! Stereotyping all of those poor guys out there? I would like to inform you that I am currently in a beauyiful reletionship with a girl who has black hair, brown eyes, and who has a soft spot for good poetry!
Now on to the good stuff: your writing was awesome! I could claerly see your voice and you were (as far as I could see) grammatically correct. Just try not to be so sexist.
I am a guy but I have to say I totally agree with this and would like to say its the same the other way around :) I have seen this all my life and dislike it ... anyway xD great writing techniques, love it
-Alex
"Having high expectations is not only rude,"
I'm sorry, but I can't agree. I don't think having high expectations is rude at all. In fact, i think it's completely necessary. If you don't have high expectations, people can treat you any way they want and there's nothing you can do about it, because you don't have high expectations.