Ngano magsige man gyud istorya kinsa'y gwapo kinsa'y gwapa? I object!

[n`gel]

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I once had a heated conversation with somebody very close to me about stereotyping beautiful, especially here in Istorya. I said, I think it sounds very unfair for istoryans to exhibit or define beauty like beauty magazines do. When we say beautiful we talk about perfect shaped face, body, flawless skin, fair, chinita's, mestiza's, however you wanna define that's what society refers to as beautiful. I gave him a couple of my reasons why I don't like istoryans focusing discussions on who's pretty, prettiest, handsome, handsomest (ironically i just opened a new thread but ey if you get the flow... you hardly see women discussing who's handsome or not which kinda gave me an impression of you know... why don't they "women" do it too, let's see how the opposite gender reacts) and was surprised and shocked that he told me I was deeply insecure, that is about my rather strong "activism against beauty stereotyping". I was outraged unsurprisingly.

Why do I say it's not proper and it is unfair?

Yes, a woman or a man should never base his self-worth over what everybody considers as beautiful or handsome or what beauty magazines display on their covers. But I was more concerned of what impression it would impact "istorya" as a friendly community. If you recall our forum song lyrics it has clear emphasis to equality, ma tambok ka, ma daut, ma datu, ma purdoy we believe we are one. What I've been noticing lately though is... more attention is given to the pretty and the handsomes which for me is discriminatory to the untypical beautiful woman or untypical handsome guy. B

Bisan unsaon nato ug rason nga dili na basehan sa self-worth sa usa ka taw but nobody is perfect. Let me speak in behalf of the timid, insecure, no self-confidence member nga naa gani uban maulaw mo attend ug eb. Unsa man kaha'y bation nila kung mosulod sila sa istorya nga ang mga taw mahilig man kaayo ug gwapo or gwapa and are even openly talking about them? Ako, I'm always a fighter against underdogs man gud which probably explains why I started this topic.

I always believe that everybody is beautiful and it is not right (and I apologize kay naka reply ko sa mga topics but later on realized this is not sounding right anymore).

We're all God's gifts wrapped in different papers.

I suggest all discriminatory threads be deleted as they promote a wrong concept of beauty and simply sukwahi sa katuyuan sa istorya. Hala diskurso!

[n`gel]

Syaro wala gyuy critiques of stereotypes diri?

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

Iys not the MAN or WOMAN is BEAUTIFUL .. its LIFE that is BEAUTIFUL , I agree with you NENE .... everyone is beautiful and should be enjoying every drop of it because we are only on a borrowed moments here on earth .

[eunice_sweet]

i dont think its in the form of discrimination. we just admire kung kinsa ang mga gwapo ug gwapa

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

That is the whole concept of NGEL's dillema , if we admire GWAPO and GWAPA , it equates that indeed MAOT ug mga BATIG DAGWAY did really exist . Now how do we classify who is gwapa and who is not . Thus the saying BEAUTY lies in the eye of the beholder . Though anyone can say who is goodlooking for them and who is not , I am just merely expounding more on what is NENE is trying to put out .

[nasty_kaken]

why not post: beautiful pipol in istorya... then post it what makes them beautiful....

[phruckthoy]

why not post: beautiful pipol in istorya... then post it what makes them beautiful....

agree ko....

[rudjard]

basin usa sa paghimo cgro ato nga thread ug sa ni sumpay, PADUGANG SA POST.
basin nag gather lang ug info so if they gonna meet for an EB they would know who's who and what's what.
basin sa hamubong pagpagawas kinsai napili nilang maanyag o ambungan ilang napagawas ilang gibati'
ug sa paghisgot-hisgot sa ilang napilian, gikalipay nila ang sentimento nga naa pud diay nagkadayeg sa ilang gisulat.
apan duna say uban nga gikasakit ug nahasul.
sa mga dunay sentimento ni-ini, ipagawas inyung gibati diri, ug atong pagahisgutan. maayong adlaw :mrgreen:

[ronna]

sakto man sad si n `gel..

kumusta naman lang mi na dili gwapa wala mi labot ana na topic. huhuhuh

post nalang pics na imo gi consider gwapa and why..

para ma appreciate sad sa uban.

y say xa ang pinaka gwapa para nimo dibah?

it might be a mom, a gurl, a sis, etc.

[n`gel]

i dont think its in the form of discrimination. we just admire kung kinsa ang mga gwapo ug gwapa

Perhaps the word ain't discrimination but I guess what I'm getting at here is the differential judgment and treatment of attractive vs. unattractive people. I dunno basta para naku it's a not-good-feeling to be seeing threads who stereotype beauty. I even hate beauty pagaents.

If I ask you... what contribution will that admiration impact the stereotyped "unattractive" person then? It's a free world yes it is, it's an open forum, again yes it is, then thus I express my freedom of expression... that freedom to express strong ideas against beauty stereotypes.