For women: what do you think about youth and beauty being so important regarding women?

Society tends to focus on youth and beauty regarding women. One is a temporary asset (everybody ages), and the other one of a superficual one (no one can choose their genes)





Meanwhile society doesnt put as much pressure on men to look young and beauty, in fact you can see many old fat ugly guys married to younger beautiful women.





So what do you think about it?|||They are both fleeting. One of the good things about getting older is that you worry less about beauty. I still worry about age because we live in a society where there is prejudice against older people. Like people can help getting older - what else can they do - die? Health seems to be more important after your late 30s, and you quit worrying about things like always looking perfect. I used to starve myself in my 20s, and I think a lot of young women still would rather be thin than healthy. Every time I read questions on here about a woman only being of value till age 23 or 25 I'm a little annoyed. What do some of these men think - that women are disposable? Chuck her and find a new one when a female hits a certain age because her value has decreased? To only be valued for your youth and beauty is kind of a sad thing.





Society pressures men to be attractive too, and many men are age conscious. A lot of them not until their 40s and beyond though. Most of those fat old ugly guys with beautiful younger women have major $$$$$$$$$.|||We live in a shallow culture that is really meaningless in the scope of life. That being said the situation that you describe is grossly unfair to older women in all aspects . Fortunately most of us are strong individuals and have gained much wisdom from life's experiences and truly intelligent men can see that. An added plus is the development of sexual skills gained by living life and studying the art of love making for some of us.|||I beg to differ. We men are subject to the same pressure with one more burden: the need to make tons of money and be super-successful. Plus, I only see old fat ugly guys married to younger beautiful women when he is rich, powerful, famous, or very successful.





It's is just that most men say the heck with someone who doesn't want us, regardless of the reason.|||Putting youth and beauty above all in relation to women is nothing new - it's always been the case. That being said, I think that slowly the older women are beginning to be seen as attractive, viable options, certainly much more so than in the past. Yes, it's superficial and there is pressure but there is also pressure on men to be wealthy and successful and that too has always been the case. You may see a wealthy, highly educated and successful man with a woman who isn't anywhere near being any of those things but you will rarely see this happen the other way around. We all have our crosses to bear.|||Beauty opens many doors for lots of women, enjoy it while it lasts.|||importance on beauty and youth stems from biological wiring





females seeking to attract select males to mate with





sociocultural factors determine the differing "styles" and norms





e.g. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/world/鈥?/a>|||Personally, I dont put much stock on youth and beauty. Of course, pretty young women are always nice to look at, but there's so much more to be said for wisdom, integrity and good sense, which comes with maturity.|||From a males point of view (I am male), I would definitely say society pressures women to look pretty far more than men, but we men do pay attention to our appearence, I've got lots of teeth whitening, beauty products and deodarants in my windowsill, and I try to look after my skin, put on muscle and be healthy. Ah yes that's something, we males are encoraged to be strong.


This way women'll go crazy about ripping our shirts off and feeling our muscles :)|||Yes, society puts pressure on women to look pretty. Men like good looking women but men lave different opinions of which women are pretty. As pointed out looks disappear.|||We have plastic surgery and make up so that we don't have to face the horrors of female ageing now.