Comments on: A Place For Ugly Girls http://melissablogs.com/2008/08/19/go-away-ugly-girls/ Information Pollination Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trish http://melissablogs.com/2008/08/19/go-away-ugly-girls/comment-page-1/#comment-8379 Trish Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:37:21 +0000 http://www.melissaclouthier.com/?p=9836#comment-8379 I don't see any reason to be upset. The fact is that many, if not most, women don't realize that they are as attractive to men as they really are. When I was young I didn't like my figure at all, but now when my older, fatter self looks at my old photographs, I realize I had nothing to be ashamed of. I once read a science-fiction story (unfortunately I don't remember the title or author) that described a similar situation. Unattractive women were encouraged to ship out to space colonies where men were desperate for female companionship. At the end of the story, the women step off the ship, and the men there all gasp: "The girls were gorgeous." And I don't honestly think that a woman who doesn't consider herself beautiful would balk at the chance to go where there is less female competition. I don’t see any reason to be upset. The fact is that many, if not most, women don’t realize that they are as attractive to men as they really are. When I was young I didn’t like my figure at all, but now when my older, fatter self looks at my old photographs, I realize I had nothing to be ashamed of.

I once read a science-fiction story (unfortunately I don’t remember the title or author) that described a similar situation. Unattractive women were encouraged to ship out to space colonies where men were desperate for female companionship. At the end of the story, the women step off the ship, and the men there all gasp: “The girls were gorgeous.”

And I don’t honestly think that a woman who doesn’t consider herself beautiful would balk at the chance to go where there is less female competition.

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