I think that different people do have different tastes and so it can be hard to figure what is optimal.

Some women like guys with hairy chests because they seem more masculine. Some women like guys with hairy backs even. Some women like guys shaved. Similarly with guys preferences, I guess. Some guys like women to be thin so they look kinda like pre-adolescent guys. Some guys like women to be thin but healthy. Some guys like women to be cuddlier and they find the curves sexy. And so on and so forth.

I guess... That I'm not so very big on spending a great deal of time and effort on my appearance. I try and look tidy... I do the hair removal thing because I don't much like being as hairy as I am naturally... I would like to be a bit more toned and physically healthier... Maybe lose a little weight... But how much is the weight loss worth to me? Not worth starving myself for, basically. I guess... It just isn't that important to me.

> everywhere I go, there's nothing but this fake, airbrushed images of women, whether it be on T.V, in movies, or advertisements.

That is ART. That is kinda the way I look at it.

> it's hard living in a world where sex sells, and where you're considered worth while if you're blond, busty and have a 24in waist.

considered worthwhile by who? by the guys who will use you and covet you and trade you in for a new model in a couple years?????

the plight of the super attractive person.

i'd really rather not... play that game.

> I have an 11 year old cousin, and she's falling victim to this nonsense. I'm afraid she'll end up hurting herself. I cry when I see some girl who starves herself, because she wants to be thin

sounds like she needs people around her that love her and show some concern for her unhealthy eating habits. i guess excessive interest in appearances is an expression of low self esteem. i've got low self esteem too... but i guess i never really filtered that into appearances...

> We should focus on who a person is inside, and what they're capable of achieving, not their cup size.

yeah. some people do... maybe it is about picking role models carefully. i really don't see... what supermodels and the majority of pop singers etc have done that is so worthy of my esteem... i feel a little sorry for most of them... i don't know. i guess i never really got into this... sorry i'm not much help.

role models...

what about the people who are remembered for longer than the 4 years after their hit single?
what about the people who made a difference to the lives of millions of individuals?
i dunno... what is worthwhile in life? what kind of a person do you want to be? and then to think... that maybe you are capable of more than you thought and maybe you do deserve to be taken seriously as a person after all...