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Are Women Getting More Beautiful?
FelxH writes "Scientists have found that evolution is driving women to become ever more beautiful, while men remain as aesthetically unappealing as their caveman ancestors.
The researchers have found beautiful women have more children than their plainer counterparts and that a higher proportion of those children are female. Those daughters, once adult, also tend to be attractive and so repeat the pattern." I just thought my
standards were changing as I got older, but it turns out it's just science!
Also a woman is seens as a risk. Yes, I know it's sexist and no employer will ever admit it because he could be dragged to court for it, but there is the "risk" that she will get pregnant and go on maternity leave. Depending on the country you're in, that could well mean not only that you are going to miss an experienced worker but also that she may even be entitled to getting her job back after being away 2-3 years. That in turn means that you would have to hire someone new, train him, then fire him after 2-3 years when he finally reached productivity level, only to rehire someone who has been out of the loop for 2-3 years and maybe has to be retrained.
See why many companies refuse to hire women for any job but the ones that require the least training? And thus also usually have the lowest pay?
It also probably has nothing to do with the fact that most men won't frequently break down in tears when you tell them to do their job. When it comes down to it they seem to expect to get paid the same for doing less actual work. If you point this out your just being mean.
"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget." -Thomas Szasz
I just grabbed the first pic that came up from Google.
But, I've seen lots of pics...hell, they had film of her in concert awhile back..and she is HUGE, go look for yourself.
She used to be hot, but, of late, she's starting to look like a chubby Anna Nicole Smith clone...
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Heh.. nice rationalization "I can't get the hot, thin pretty girls, so I'm going to make myself think this 250lbs porker is more beautiful than them."
There have been a lot of studies lately that show what men typically think is "beautiful" are indicators of fertility.. so beauty seems to have a strong biological component to it.
I think that would be accurate, since its well known obese women have a much harder time having kids, and have more problems during pregnency, and increases chance for birth defects.
Dr, it doesn't matter how you perceive women, if you are not a breeder.
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