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Re: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Country?

Kathy Curry — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:24:06 -0000

I Soul Searcher. I enjoyed reading your comment. My only issue with what you are saying is I see so many people who start out as kids with the same body shapes as their parent/s, sometimes before a bad diet or breeding can make them that way. I really believe much of our body shape is genetically given to us, the good, the bad, and the ugly!

Re: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Country?

Soul Searcher — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:37:57 -0000

I don't know what to feel about this. Its a Catch 22. I read someone that it is just instinctually for us to seek out the healthiest of the species. We don't see anything wrong when another species (i.e dog, horse) is judged and assigned a value for its outer appearance as we assume it is due to diet and breeding. As silly as it may sound, inproportianate body parts are my signal a lack of optimal health. I don't know but I don't think anyone should feel guilty for liking what they like. And I am saying this as size 16 woman.

Re: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Country?

Sherin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:55:55 -0000

The common mistake people doing by predicting about a person by seeing only his figure. that is very bad. The real beauty of a person is inside the heart but not in the body. I feel like that.

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Re: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Country?

Kathy Curry — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:33:17 -0000

Isn't it funny how, once you get to know a person, and find out what a good person they are, regardless of how they look, they are beautiful to look at and listen to and be around!

Re: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Country?

Tom Sawyer — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:44:28 -0000

Am I guilty of some of what has been said? You better believe it. But that is why we have to do things to reflect on how we act and feel. I hope to do that and change myself from the inside out.

As much as I may be guilty, I'm tired of getting this thing shoved down my throat. At work, in the mall and on TV it is all about what someone else thinks beauty should be. If I go to a place to eat and my waitress is helping me she cannot be a bad waitress simply because someone thinks she is pretty. I'm going to pump my brakes on this one.

Re: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Country?

Kathy Curry — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:49:43 -0000

Well said Kim!

Re: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Country?

Kathy Curry — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:49:14 -0000

Ethan I love what you have said! Thank you from all of us mothers who have packed on a few pounds, but are still the best friends around!

Re: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Country?

Ethan Nobles — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:34:45 -0000

And, you're Dugg! Why? Because you raise some good points about the shallow American ideal of beauty.

My wife has a body image problem as she's packed on a few pounds since giving birth to two children. She's still as beautiful to me as the day I married her, however, as I fell in love with her as a person, see?

Hey, she might not look deadly in a mini skirt anymore, but she's a hell of a good mother and the best friend I've ever had. That, to me, is true beauty.

Re: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Country?

ksawyer123 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:54:45 -0000

Kathy, I like this post. It's true that Americans can be very shallow. More times than not, we place such importance on how one looks. And I'll admit, when I was in my 20s and early in my 30s, looks meant everything to me. But as I continued to get older, I realized it's not about what others think of you. Who cares what others think simply because everyone will always have an opinion. So, one of my favorite sayings comes from Russell Simmons -- you gotta continue 'Doing You.' Now before someone jumps to the wrong conclusion, being healthy is definitely important, but a person should be/get healthy because it's beneficial, not because that person wants to please/fit into society.

Re: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Country?

Kathy Curry — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:21:35 -0000

EK, Don't get me wrong, I am fine with my chicken legs. Having chicken legs doesn't make me unhealthy. What I'm saying is, American might now be alright with my chicken legs. I don't want to be a body builder. Should I have to become a body builder and actually transform myself to be consider beautiful? As long as I exercise and live in a healthy manner, shouldn't that be enough?

Re: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Country?

Kathy Curry — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:15:26 -0000

Hey EK. I hear that. I have and do work out. My ankles are what they are! Trust me. I am all for being healthy and exercising. I do many things to stay in shape. I'm just saying, my natural shape is not what is considered ideal. Am I still Americans idea of beautiful?

Re: Is Beauty in the Eye of the Country?

EK — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:11:55 -0000

Don't say you can't do anything about your chicken legs when you easily can. Get off your lazy butt, go to the gym and work out. It's not that you don't have a choice, it is that you aren't motivated and lazy ... like a true American.