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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can’t read it bc of the paywall, but 99% of what men think determines their SMV is actually what other men find attractive in men. Most women don’t care about muscles, wealth, size, or height all that much.

“Oh but hot young women only date rich tall men!” well yea, if your criteria for women is shallow, expect their criteria to be shallow as well. The woman who spends thousands of dollars on her appearance is going to have similar expectations of you.[/quote]

I don't disagree, but do you realize that it's the same for women? Most of what women do to look beautiful is actually about what other women find attractive. (I don't mean that everyone's closeted.) [/quote]
You really think other women are the ones who demand women diet, get breast implants, wear pushup bras, wear shapewear, put on makeup, get botox and all manner of "anti-aging" procedures, teeter in heels etc. Women invented those beauty standards? Studies show that women who fail to perform "femininity" get paid less, are more likely to be unemployed, are less likely to get job promotions, and on and on. You think it's women penalizing other women in the workplace so systematically that it can be quantified in dollars and cents?

Some of you need to get out of this fantasy world where men and women are equally powerful and equally culpable. Some things really do not go both ways. Beauty standards for both men and women are male dictated because men are the more powerful sex and men are the ones who attach real consequences -- not stupid shit like she wouldn't say hi to me -- to ignoring their demands.[/quote]

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