This is so the worst thing you're going to read all day.

[Trigger warning for body policing, fat hatred, heterocentrism, ciscentrism, misogyny, racism, disablism.]

Another awesome entry from repeat offender Psychology Today: The Truth About Beauty.

I'll just quote a short passage from the opening paragraph to give you the flavor (Spoiler Alert: It's garbage-flavored!):
If you want to snag a fish, you can't just slap the water with your hand and yell, "Jump on my hook, already!" Yet, if you're a woman who wants to land a man, there's this notion that you should be able to go around looking like Ernest Borgnine: If you're "beautiful on the inside," that's all that should count. Right.
I'll also note, one again, that it is feminists, of course, who have the terrible reputation, but it isn't we who consider all men to be mindless servants to their reproductive parts.

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