Diary of A Beauty Queen: Are beautiful Irish Women Really This Shallow?

KT! wrote: »

Anyway, I'm just watching the programme in question here on Sky+ and my jaw is on the floor at the behaviour of that Deirdre Conroy girl. She has actually just said, and I quote exactly:
"All girls are bitchy, it's in their nature. It's just natural selection (giggle)" "A girls attitude is that if I can put someone down to a level that they won't have the confidence to go dancing, or wear that, or approach him, then that's how their minds work. That's how MY mind works (giggle)"
"Male attention is good, what girl doesn't like male attention. It's the reason we get up, and dress nicely and put on makeup in the morning and anyone who says that they don't is a liar"

OK now this is IMHO and having seen this stuff up close That's an extreme example of a subset of women that do act and think like that. This is particularly the case if their perceived social value is based almost entirely on their looks. I would say that the OP's question are beautiful Irish women really this shallow could be answered with a qualified yes, in certain circumstance and situations. It goes for any group where one quality is valued above others. That quality defines them and will be bolstered and defended to keep up in the pecking order. Her comment about natural selection has some validity, again in that particular milieu. It's as much to do with how she competes with her peers as it is with how she competes for male attention.

The highly qualified lassie plugs into that even more. Her qualifications stand for naught in her mind and those of her peers, because what's valued by the group is her looks so she plays the brains down to fit in and keep her status.

As pointed out before beauty is valued in our society. Of course it is it signifies at a very basic level reproductive fitness. Beautiful people have a generally easier time of it in society. It can be a burden too as it is by it's nature fleeting. This is even more the case with women who are judged for their beauty. There is a small enough window for them to be on top when compared to men. Men also have more freedom, time and opportunity to increase their value.

Is it shallow? Hard to say. It's a different value system and in that system what sounds daft to you or me, is what works. If the value was judged on intelligence and academic prowess the competition would be near enough the same, just less obvious, or more acceptable. That value system may be equally "shallow" or of little import to the women referenced. Clearly it is as the "brainy" one plays it down.

We all make value judgements based on looks, intelligence, emotional intelligence, success, social power, age, class etc. The more balanced people realise it's not just one thing and the "package" is what's important. they're just like everyone else but all their focus is on one thing not the range of things the rest of us may aspire to. That's what grates I reckon.

Again only my humble..