We are taught that
beauty is only skin deep, and later taught that some ugly people are really very
beautiful on the inside. It can be very confusing for the
thoughtless person, but it isn't that hard to figure out if you
think about it. However, both of these
platitudes suggest that there is little value to an attractive appearance. Certainly, people who have an attractive appearance find it easier to get a
job, a
date, a
discount, a warning instead of a
ticket, or a
presidency, but under the covers, many of us recognize that this added ease is less of a
boon for society and more of a
problem.
Many attractive women get
hit on more often than they'd like, and for this
reason, they devalue their own beauty. However, in this unfortunate situation, I see the
potential for a very positive
role for superficial beauty. Suppose that such an attractive woman chooses a few
issues to study and she becomes very
well informed. She is now in a position to push away all those
unworthy men by imposing her views on them. When a guy (or a
lesbian, I suppose) engages the
pretty girl in conversation, he will gladly follow her to any
topic she wishes. So she can
steer him toward an issue important to her, and if he agrees, she can suggest that he get involved. She can arbitrarily
raise the bar as high as she wants, and leave it to him to prove that he is
worthy of her attention.
If you are a person with superficial beauty, perhaps you feel that the idea just presented is not a very good one. However, there is a related
meme that you might very much enjoy and take to heart. What I have discovered is that there is an
objective value to your appearance. Even if no issues are important enough to you to
motivate you to study them, there are valuable memes in your head, and your appearance gives you
sway with people that can benefit from them.
Share your ideas with people that will listen to you. People listen to you more than they listen to me because looking at you is just a more pleasant experience.