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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, I don't agree with that statement. I do agree with your assessment - that [b]some people truly loathe women for being unattractive, and even moreso when the woman doesn't care whether she is considered attractive or not. [/b]Kind of interesting on a sociological level, but mainly just depressing.[/quote]

I feel this acutely, as a woman with slightly above-average "natural looks" who doesn't primp at all.   It's not my imagination: I have fielded pointed hostile comments from relatives, an ex husband, and coworkers over the decades who clearly  state that I should be making more effort to appear pretty, hot or enticing.

(However,  I am clean, I don't smell, I clip my toenails, I get dental care and occasional hair trims.  I keep myself at average weight Because I do care about *health*. I am not depressed and I have not "let myself go" in the way that people describe when discussing a mentally ill person descending into despair. )

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I believe it. When some people see an otherwise attractive woman not doing Every Thing Possible to enhance her looks, they take it as a personal affront. Like the "friends" who nominate people for makeover shows.[/quote]

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