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Old Sep 01, 2014, 03:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Clara22 View Post
The fact to me is that there is a social order of things that imposes hard criteria particularly to women. Perhaps we need to start just refusing that because it is absurd. I am sorry to offend people but to me men and women that just care about appearances and discriminate others due to weight, big noses, or whatever are useless. I don't like paternalistic people that want to institutionalize me, or discuss my life or what is best for me without my consent, either. I want all of them far from me. I am depressed and my selfesteem is low. I do stupid things because I don't like my body. But I know that my ugliness is mine and it was very costly, I 've paid every Cent of it. So, I claim the right to tell discriminators go to hell. It is an exercise, like learning to bike. You do it and do it until their opinion does not affect you. I promise it works. I have been an "abnormal" since 1981.
There is a book by a women's studies prof, Kjerstin Gruys, called Mirror Mirror Off The Wall. It's her own personal story and how she learned that her appearance wasn't as noticed by others as much as she noticed it. It's an easy read.
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Thanks for this!
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