| Jeannie
Responds:
Unrealistic
expectations??
EVERY magazine,
movie, tv show that we watch portrays unrealistic views
of women. Women in Hollywood are ten times thinner than
the average woman, the models in magazines are taller and
thinner ... Look at Calista Flockhart? Jennifer Aniston?
I'm sure most of Hollywood has been nipped, tucked and quite
possibly airbrushed.
SO
WHAT? Who cares??
The majority
of this world (I would hope) has enough sense to know what's
real and what isn't. Looking at a beautiful woman or man,
watching a love scene in a movie and enjoying it, watching
a soap opera, recognizing that an actress or model is beautiful
(and yes, that includes Playboy models) is NOT a sin! Thinking
about them is NOT a sin!
Sex
SELLS
Sex and love
and beauty are out there in everything we see, do and watch.
It SELLS. It's a proven fact that Hollywood and the rest
of the entertainment industry is going to promote the sense
of beauty they think will sell the most. . Admit it, If
Friends was a tv show full of "ugly" (sorry for
the NON PC word here) people, how popular do you think it
would be? It is the way of the world to be attracted and
gravitate to attractive people.
You
have to build your OWN self worth
It's up to each
individual person to build a sense of worth and esteem in
themselves to understand that not everyone looks that way
– not everyone has a hairdresser, a makeup artist and
fashion designers throwing clothes at them to look their
best. If you yourself look at a magazine and wonder why
you can't measure up, then sure you're going to have problems.
But that isn't about the models, it isn't about your significant
other - it's about YOU. Every woman should feel confident
enough in herself (and every man) to accept and love themselves
JUST as they are.
It's
in the eye of the beholder
Everyone's sense
of beauty is different - it IS in the eye of the beholder.
You can look in a magazine and appreciate a sexy (though
airbrushed) woman and still look at the woman sleeping next
to you and think how lucky you are to be with such a beautiful
woman.
He isn't cheating
- unless his girlfriend feels he is
I don't believe it's fair to say that he's cheating on his
girlfriend. That isn't Jody's call to make. It's his girlfriend's
call. The line of cheating is not a hard-drawn line - this
is something that he needs to figure out with his girlfriend.
Most of the world can agree that sleeping with someone else
or being physically intimate in some way with another person
is cheating. Before that line is crossed though is a hazy
area. Some people find looking to be considered cheating
(as does Jody) ... some people find flirting to be cheating
... this is something he and his girlfriend need to discuss
and divide the lines for themselves. They may not necessarily
agree on where those lines are, but they can compromise.
– Jeannie
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