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Some female writer wrote a piece in the Daily Mail:
I'm not reading that but the gist (from the beginning which I quoted) seems to be that while she has benefited from being beautiful from men, she has been scorned by women. That may very well be true that women are jealous of more attractive women...
but what I got out of it is...
This:
and this:
is considered so beautiful in Britain that complete strangers regularly buy her wine and have bought her train tickets and women have scorned her out of jealousy of her looks... that?
I know the British, especially women, have a reputation for not being the most attractive people but really though?1, 2, 3 That is cream of the crop over there?
It's the straight teeth, isn't it?
1http://consumerist.com/2011/03/burger-king-ceo-british-women-are-ugly-and-the-food-sucks.html
2http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1308985/Female-Brits-abroad-branded-ugliest-world.html
3 Susan Boyle
I'm not reading that but the gist (from the beginning which I quoted) seems to be that while she has benefited from being beautiful from men, she has been scorned by women. That may very well be true that women are jealous of more attractive women...
Throughout my adult life, I’ve regularly had bottles of bubbly or wine sent to my restaurant table by men I don’t know. Once, a well-dressed chap bought my train ticket when I was standing behind him in the queue, while there was another occasion when a charming gentleman paid my fare as I stepped out of a cab in Paris.
Another time, as I was walking through London’s Portobello Road market, I was tapped on the shoulder and presented with a beautiful bunch of flowers. Even bar tenders frequently shoo my credit card away when I try to settle my bill.
And whenever I’ve asked what I’ve done to deserve such treatment, the donors of these gifts have always said the same thing: my pleasing appearance and pretty smile made their day.
While I’m no Elle Macpherson, I’m tall, slim, blonde and, so I’m often told, a good-looking woman. I know how lucky I am. But there are downsides to being pretty — the main one being that other women hate me for no other reason than my lovely looks.
If you’re a woman reading this, I’d hazard that you’ve already formed your own opinion about me — and it won’t be very flattering. For while many doors have been opened (literally) as a result of my looks, just as many have been metaphorically slammed in my face — and usually by my own sex.
Another time, as I was walking through London’s Portobello Road market, I was tapped on the shoulder and presented with a beautiful bunch of flowers. Even bar tenders frequently shoo my credit card away when I try to settle my bill.
And whenever I’ve asked what I’ve done to deserve such treatment, the donors of these gifts have always said the same thing: my pleasing appearance and pretty smile made their day.
While I’m no Elle Macpherson, I’m tall, slim, blonde and, so I’m often told, a good-looking woman. I know how lucky I am. But there are downsides to being pretty — the main one being that other women hate me for no other reason than my lovely looks.
If you’re a woman reading this, I’d hazard that you’ve already formed your own opinion about me — and it won’t be very flattering. For while many doors have been opened (literally) as a result of my looks, just as many have been metaphorically slammed in my face — and usually by my own sex.
This:
and this:
is considered so beautiful in Britain that complete strangers regularly buy her wine and have bought her train tickets and women have scorned her out of jealousy of her looks... that?
I know the British, especially women, have a reputation for not being the most attractive people but really though?1, 2, 3 That is cream of the crop over there?
It's the straight teeth, isn't it?
1http://consumerist.com/2011/03/burger-king-ceo-british-women-are-ugly-and-the-food-sucks.html
2http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1308985/Female-Brits-abroad-branded-ugliest-world.html
3 Susan Boyle
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