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If they shot the exact same script, but with the husband and wife roles swapped, it would be demeaning and sexist. So why isn’t it demeaning and sexist as it is?

Trick question.

It is.

Originally posted here by my husband.

I couldn't agree more!

Plastic surgery?

There is absolutely irrefutable data to support the idea that good-looking people do better in life than everyone else. Gordon Patzer, in his book, Looks, draws from a wide body of research to describe the advantaged life of a good-looking person from the time they are a baby (good-looking babies get better parentings) to the time they are in sales (the whole sales team performs better if there are more good-looking people on the team.)

As a result, I have jumped on the plastic surgery bandwagon. Super-smarty Chelsea Clinton got plastic surgery before she entered the work world. We should all do that.

How to be a tall person at work, written by Penelope Trunk

This blog writer doesn't have the best reputation but I usually find that her posts inspire my own thoughts.

What should the "feminist" position be on this? Should individual women look out for themselves economically first? If so, then getting plastic surgery to avoid any disadvantage of being thought of as unattractive is the best option.

But is there a question of principles here? What if we don't want to give in to the idea that better looking women are justified in making more money than average or unattractive women? What if we think we should raise awareness that this is going on - maybe by doing some sort of sensitivity course in attractiveness or institute some sort of affirmative action for ugly people?

Is this even a battle worth taking on - it seems to divide our message too much if women demand equal pay with men, and while we're at it, unattractive women demand equal pay with attractive women? Each of us should just play the game we need to play to get ahead - if we need to change ourselves to be on par with men, then so be it.

But what happens when everyone gets plastic surgery? Then we'll have different tiers of attractiveness among people who have plastic surgery. Which will lead to more plastic surgery, and eventually we'll all look like Meg Ryan.

Would any of you ever consider plastic surgery? Would your reasons be economic or more personal? Would you negatively judge a woman who receives plastic surgery?

Nice link from NPR

Thanks to my friend Karen for pointing me to this article: Dear Pixar, From All The Girls With Band-Aids On Their Knees by Linda Holmes

I couldn't agree more. Make an exciting movie about a girl that we can take Em to in a few years that will be every bit as inspiring as the rest of your movies. Not that she can't be inspired by a story that happens to a boy, but the more that you can identify with a character, the more you can typically get from a story.

At least one of the comments mentions Mulan. I can't recommend this movie more. Not only for little girls, but for little boys as well so that they too can see that women can be more than princesses.