tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350112551539792336.post6833677380900653639..comments2024-03-23T00:21:20.470-07:00Comments on Golf Charlie Papa: The Beauty Bias Is More Than Skin-Deepprasadgchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00179696156998026173noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350112551539792336.post-45346960342127279982013-10-16T19:35:54.953-07:002013-10-16T19:35:54.953-07:00Good observations, David.
The unenlightened mind ...Good observations, David.<br /><br />The unenlightened mind is distracted by all of the things you mentioned, and there's no avoiding that. I'm hoping that we can enshrine a better philosophy in society's ideals at least.prasadgchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179696156998026173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8350112551539792336.post-84688159424105247392013-10-16T17:07:30.432-07:002013-10-16T17:07:30.432-07:00I suppose the most successful models are both repr...I suppose the most successful models are both representative of a perceived ideal, and relatable enough to make imitation plausible.<br />This perceived ideal, beyond health and genetic advantage, might be linked to scarcity. Ie Models will always be those with attributes four or more standard deviations from the mean. So no matter how skinny the world's teenagers make themselves, there will be models who are skinnier.<br />It's in that world that Cleo exists, and where your quote originates. Quotes being read in that publication are already speaking to an audience interested in fashion. So there's a different kind of bias at work there. Do you call that contextual bias?<br />Having a selfie-taking 19yo daughter I am only too aware of the siren song that lures the immature mind. But self-comparison is a tendency we all have and part of life is growing past it. My mother may have told me there would always be someone taller, but it took a decade or more years to really accept that.<br />There will always be people with more money, more friends, a better car, a bigger office, a fancier job title, a better body, a prettier face, better genetics, a better immune system, a nicer garden, smarter kids... but we will all die one day and in that moment we are all exactly the same.<br />This is just one part of what was so absurdly immature about Charlie Sheen's "winning" catchphrase. There is no winning. But kindness can cut through all this ridiculous comparison. Those poor models, walking around displaying clothes like malnourished human clothes hangers.David Urquharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00607299788988658985noreply@blogger.com