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Women, the Media, and ‘Miss Representation’
As I was packing up my childhood room back in New Jersey to move up to Boston, I came across old diaries and journals I had kept growing up. I decided to take them with me and crack them open as I was...
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A Paradox about Men, Sexual Attraction, Women, Beauty
On the one hand, men are portrayed as ravenous sexual beings who sleep with anything that moves. On the other, they have totally unrealistic expectations about beauty, wanting only the ‘hot babe’....
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Dear Anonymous Male: Here’s My Take On ‘The Beauty Paradox’
Mik from Australia responds to our commenter Anonymous Male on why there is a seeming paradox when it comes to men and women and beauty. EDITOR’S NOTE: Here at The Good Men Project, we’ve had an...
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“You Are Not Beautiful to Me. You Are Gorgeous to Me.”
If beauty really is in the eye of the beholder, Gordon Pearson argues, why can’t we say that out loud?. EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is in response to the apparent paradox posed by “anonymous male” in A...
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Real Beauty: Distinguishing Truth From Fairy Tale
We’ve created make-believe conceptions of beauty for ourselves, and neither men nor women can ever live up to them. EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is in response to the apparent paradox posed by “anonymous...
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The Ugly Duckling as a Gender-Neutral Beauty Ideal
‘The Ugly Duckling’ provides a lesson in beauty and acceptance for everyone, regardless of gender. “The Ugly Duckling” was, ironically, about a male bird, written by a male poet, Hans Christian...
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‘I Don’t Think I’m Beautiful’
Marianne Cassidy writes in response to our series on women and beauty. I’ve been doing a lot of reading over on the Good Men Project recently, because it satisfies the part of my brain that wants to...
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Are Women Addicted to Beauty?
Tom Matlack asked 12 women about their understanding of women’s relationship with beauty. Why did he hear almost nothing in response? I like to believe I am a student of popular culture. Unlike most...
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Her Looks, Your Status: Why Men’s Claims Not to Care About Beauty Ring Hollow
Male sexual desire, Hugo Schwyzer writes, is shaped by a desire for the approval of other men. One of the enduring myths about female beauty is that it’s not something about which men really care all...
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Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful
‘Only when women truly accept and believe in the beauty they posses will others appreciate and respect them for it.’ Beauty has many meanings. For me it meant skin cancer at age 25. Years of striving...
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Chasing Beauty: An Addict’s Memoir
Lisa Hickey was beautiful twice, and she hated herself for it. — Here we go again, I think, as I impatiently wait for the hair straighter to warm up. I’ve washed my hair, deep conditioned it, shaved...
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