A woman’s value is usually placed in her appearance (particularly her weight) ALONE. If you’re an “ugly girl,” your opinion is invalid, should quit on your dreams, and will have no romantic prospects. Men, though pressured to look a certain way, do not typically have their entire value determined singularly by their appearance.

Let me share some of the demands of girls which you didn’t mention. These demands don’t solely come from men. We have other women and the entirety of media/capitalistic industry to contend with.

THE LIST OF FEMALE BEAUTY DEMANDS
(which hardly scrapes the surface)

• Be white.
• If you’re not white, have a firm, plump ass and a sassy attitude.
• Don’t be too white, though, or you’ll look like a sickly ginger, YUCK!
• Be tan.
• But not too tan, or we’ll forget you’re white.
• Be skinny.
• Be blond.
• If you’re not blond, dye your hair blond.
• But don’t be blond, because then you’re stupid.
• So be brunette.
• Unless your hair is nappy, in which case, get a weave or wig.
• But don’t admit to having a weave/wig.
• Natural red hair? Gingers are gross!
• Unless they’re being fetishized.
• Be skinny.
• Have big boobs.
• If not, they better be perky.
• If not, forget about it, grandma.
• Flat-chested? Get breast implants.
• While you’re at it, get some botox, a nose job, liposuction, a tummy tuck, a face lift, a butt lift, and some lip plumpers. And some more breast implants.
• Have smooth skin.
• If not, take meds or use make-up. LOTS OF MAKE-UP!
• But not too much, or you’ll look like a whore.
• At least wear mascara and some eyeshadow, geez.
• If not, you look too dull and unnatural.
• Have long legs.
• If not, be dainty.
• If you’re not, it had better be because you’re athletic.
• But don’t be too sporty. Muscular calves=NASTY!
• Be shorter than men.
• If you’re not, hunch over or pray for the day you meet a guy who’s 6’5”.
• Be skinny.
• Don’t wear glasses.
• Unless they’re ripping off geek culture in an effort to be cute.
• SHAVE!
• If not, just EW, right?
• Why’s it even on the list? Shaving’s the LAW!
• And I mean shave EVERYTHING: pits, legs, and, YES, you’re nasty girl parts.
• Pussy hair? GROSSSSSSSSS!
• If you have even one hair on your body, you’re nasty as hell, OR WORSE, A FEMINIST (because “feminazis” don’t shave according to society, and being feminist is only okay if you meet all of the demands on this list and most importantly are SKINNY AND STILL SHAVE).
• Wait, you’re a girl, but you don’t have a vagina?
• You have a tally wacker? You’re a boy then? Trans* woman? WTF is that?
• EW, TRANS DUDES ARE SO NOT WOMEN.
• Be born woman WITH A VAGINA.
• Most importantly, be skinny. No girl, trans or not, is allowed to be fat EVER!
  
• If you’re not skinny, gtfo or starve yourself/exercise until you can’t stand, because you’re worthless without this quality.
• REMEMBER: BE SKINNY!

None of the above-mentioned qualities are bad to possess, but those qualities being the expectation and demand is frustrating for women who are different. That would literally be 95% of the world population if we’re comparing women to a Victoria’s Secret model, for example. Though not exactly about beauty, I also wanted to mention the annoyingly contradictory expectations of a woman’s sexuality:

• Don’t have sex because that makes you a nasty slut.
• Don’t NOT have sex because that makes you a frigid prude.

If women play by today’s beauty rules, most women will never be deemed ‘beautiful’, and will therefore never be deemed ‘valuable’. That’s pretty fucked up, so let’s be real. It’s nowhere near as easy for women.

(Source: loveandotherhumanrights)