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asterrocThroughout her teenage years at a private Catholic school, she was often teased for her looks, and considered herself to be an ugly duckling. This prompted her to throw herself into her studies, and she went to college, preparing for a competitive career. She spent years of hard work, never a moment off of her efforts striving to be the best. She speaks three languages (English, Ukrainian, and Spanish), and knows a scattering of words in other languages.
Her career is very time demanding, and she has very little time to herself between working at home after hours, and business travel, yet somehow she has managed to write a book. Unfortunately, her fast-paced career has taken a toll on her personal life, and although she has twice been married, the first one was annulled and the second ended in a divorce. However, many analysts believe her career is still rising, as she has recently agreed to a major contract, and is working on another one.
Who am I talking about?
The above description was cobbled together from snippets about Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, Milla Jovovich, Natalia Vodianova, and random other supermodels listed on Wikipedia.
What got me to start writing this is I was thinking about why it is in our culture that it's acceptable to compliment a woman on her smarts, but calling her pretty could be seen as sexist. On the other hand, a woman will be noticed for being a shrewd businessman or for being intelligent, and it's just assumed to be standard in men, so sometimes complimenting a woman on her smarts is seen as furthering a negative stereotype of women. Then I was thinking that some women go to as extreme efforts to be beautiful as others go to furthering intellectual careers. And yet we all, including myself, especially myself, respect the latter much more than the former, so I tried to put myself in her shoes, the career beautiful woman.
Her career is very time demanding, and she has very little time to herself between working at home after hours, and business travel, yet somehow she has managed to write a book. Unfortunately, her fast-paced career has taken a toll on her personal life, and although she has twice been married, the first one was annulled and the second ended in a divorce. However, many analysts believe her career is still rising, as she has recently agreed to a major contract, and is working on another one.
Who am I talking about?
The above description was cobbled together from snippets about Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, Milla Jovovich, Natalia Vodianova, and random other supermodels listed on Wikipedia.
What got me to start writing this is I was thinking about why it is in our culture that it's acceptable to compliment a woman on her smarts, but calling her pretty could be seen as sexist. On the other hand, a woman will be noticed for being a shrewd businessman or for being intelligent, and it's just assumed to be standard in men, so sometimes complimenting a woman on her smarts is seen as furthering a negative stereotype of women. Then I was thinking that some women go to as extreme efforts to be beautiful as others go to furthering intellectual careers. And yet we all, including myself, especially myself, respect the latter much more than the former, so I tried to put myself in her shoes, the career beautiful woman.
