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It can feel like a losing battle either way. Being conscious of these assumptions can help you try to deny them through your actions, but it can also cause you to be afraid to be yourself. Some assume that beautiful women are stuck-up or arrogant. Some people assume that beautiful women are more sexually experienced or more promiscuous than others. The pretty girl at the office obviously slept with her boss to get that promotion. So they must be spoiled, lazy, or unintelligent. Because of the many legitimate advantages granted to good-looking people, many assume that beautiful women use their looks to get what they want.

There are many negative assumptions about beautiful women.

You’ll always be different from your guy friends there will always be a certain level of objectification in how they see you. Reality porn makes guys think a hookup with anyone is just around the corner. The popularity of “reality” porn proves that men are fantasizing about having sex with people they know – their friend’s relatives, their classmates, their co-workers. People will always notice you and think sexually about you. All of your guy friends think about it, and they’ll think about it with you. Men are encouraged to objectify women and are bombarded with sexual imagery during so many of their waking moments. Just look at Sport’s Illustrated’s latest swimsuit cover. Our society is becoming more and more aggressively sexual.

You’ll also never be just one of the guys.It can sometimes feel nearly impossible to forge a normal friendship with a fellow woman, and then there’s the fact that… Girls are trained to be in competition with each other for the attention of men, and your beauty can make other girls feel terrible about themselves and how they feel they’re supposed to look. Girls are likely to feel jealous and threatened by you and you’re not likely to have many girl friends. The idea of beauty has been used for centuries to make women feel inferior. Making female friends will always be difficult.The following are the brutal, disappointing struggles unique to beautiful women that I wish someone had warned me about when I was growing up. Nancy Etcoff’s book, Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty, helped me to validate some of my preexisting thoughts on the difficult experiences common to beautiful women and what they mean.

However, as desirable as it may seem, being beautiful can make certain aspects of life difficult and sometimes painful. There are some definite perks: preferential treatment in a variety of circumstances, the ability to get out of trouble more easily (thank you officer!), and from many people’s viewpoints, a higher status in our society. Most people would assume that being attractive makes life easier. I was born with many features considered conventionally attractive, and those combined with a fast metabolism, great health, and decent skills with makeup all contribute to a pretty good-looking exterior. I’ve been a paid model, I’ve had plenty of boyfriends, and I was even voted “Best Looking” by my high school classmates. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think I was at least kind of hot.