Is Beauty a Blessing or a Curse? Do You Have “Pretty Privilege”?

Is it true or untrue? Is beauty a blessing or a curse?

“Don’t hate me because I am beautiful”

Every woman is aware of this unspoken truth:

Easier life is granted to those who are attractive.

The concept of pretty privilege is responsible for the fact that attractive people are often chosen for roles such as homecoming queen, class president, and being in a relationship with athletes.

You spent a lot of time in front of the mirror (or your phone camera) trying to look just right because of the concept of pretty privilege.

Society tells us that beautiful people have it all. When you are attractive do you automatically get judged? Do your looks become the only thing that defines you, rather than your personality…Do people want to get to know you because you are attractive and not for who you are? Do other women instantly hate you when you walk into a room? Does our jealousy of other people’s beauty make us hate them? I would say that sadly there is some truth to this. Girls can’t find a guy who will like them in more than a superficial way and they are constantly getting hit on. Guys may win the top dog position at work, but everyone thinks they are a jerk. It’s lonely at the top. Can Beauty be as much a curse as it is a blessing? Being Objectified, and stereotyped negatively. Insecurity and vulnerability are recurring themes, as are opportunity and preferential treatment.

Halle Berry, who is considered one of the most beautiful women in the world, once said, “Beauty? Let me tell you something — being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless, and it is always transitory.”

Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder, and there are many levels of beauty. Those that hold their looks in high esteem usually fail to develop a personality and that is the main reason they are alone on a Friday night or many other nights. No one wants to be around anyone so stuck on themselves that they are unbearable company. There are many pretty faces in the world and then there will always be someone prettier, ALWAYS. The only way to improve on beauty is to have a well-rounded personality, a brain that is equipped with an education, a personality that has charm, and an awareness of the world as a global community. That would mean caring about more than oneself and one’s own physical beauty. There is so much more to life than what a person looks likes. Beauty can and will fade, but what’s left, is what really matters in the long haul.

When we define beauty by what the culture considers physically attractive and try to fit into that narrow ideal, we not only make ourselves miserable for an elusive goal, but we miss the point. Beauty isn’t about someone else’s idea or definition of what’s beautiful. It’s about the palpable feeling of openness and gladness you get when you see something lovely, whether it’s a cloudless sky or a surprising act of kindness. Suddenly, everything seems more vivid, radiant, and alive. That’s a real beauty. It’s free for the looking and available every second, all around us. But to see it everywhere, we have to be willing to let go of our conviction that beauty exists in certain places and not in others. And we need to be able to appreciate the beauty in ourselves.

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