Comments on: Using Plastic Surgery to Get Ahead http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/05/27/using-plastic-surgery-to-get-ahead/297 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:08:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Kacey http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/05/27/using-plastic-surgery-to-get-ahead/297#comment-1545 Kacey Thu, 29 May 2008 20:19:21 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/05/27/using-plastic-surgery-to-get-ahead/297#comment-1545 You guys make such good points. We, as women, are always trying to prove that we can make it in the world, and often struggle between what society tells us and what we know we should do to compete in a man's world. Do we hike up the skirt or wear pants? Should we pull our hair back or let the curls fall freely in the job interview? It would be so nice if there was an even playing field. Men put on a suit and are done with it; women wear a suit and have to decide skirt or pants, hair, makeup, jewelry, and everything else. You guys make such good points. We, as women, are always trying to prove that we can make it in the world, and often struggle between what society tells us and what we know we should do to compete in a man’s world. Do we hike up the skirt or wear pants? Should we pull our hair back or let the curls fall freely in the job interview? It would be so nice if there was an even playing field. Men put on a suit and are done with it; women wear a suit and have to decide skirt or pants, hair, makeup, jewelry, and everything else.

]]> By: bethtaylor http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/05/27/using-plastic-surgery-to-get-ahead/297#comment-1524 bethtaylor Wed, 28 May 2008 04:27:22 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/05/27/using-plastic-surgery-to-get-ahead/297#comment-1524 Yes, this is so true in most jobs, however with me it was the opposite. Being the Manager of the IT group, the prettier you were, the less serious you were taken. I'm not even sure why I got breast implants other than I hated being so thin as I could never go to work wearing anything low cut or even showing cleavage. In my career, women with blonde hair, blue eyes and big boobs are not considered to be smart so I hid my breasts as best I could and always wore glasses so that I would fit that profile of being an intelligent smart woman. I even wore bras that made my breasts look smaller than they were! Even at that, I found that I always had to prove myself and work harder than most. In my experience most attractive women with big breasts are not considered to be smart which we know is just ridiculous. Looks have nothing to do with your IQ. I can certainly see how some jobs really depend on your looks and breast size. That is a real shame. So my experience was completely different from that. This is something else that women should think about before getting implants. Like me, I had to hide my breasts to be successful. Big breasts would have labeled me as being dumb and I would have never succeeded or been successful. Yes, this is so true in most jobs, however with me it was the opposite. Being the Manager of the IT group, the prettier you were, the less serious you were taken.

I’m not even sure why I got breast implants other than I hated being so thin as I could never go to work wearing anything low cut or even showing cleavage. In my career, women with blonde hair, blue eyes and big boobs are not considered to be smart so I hid my breasts as best I could and always wore glasses so that I would fit that profile of being an intelligent smart woman. I even wore bras that made my breasts look smaller than they were! Even at that, I found that I always had to prove myself and work harder than most.

In my experience most attractive women with big breasts are not considered to be smart which we know is just ridiculous. Looks have nothing to do with your IQ.

I can certainly see how some jobs really depend on your looks and breast size. That is a real shame. So my experience was completely different from that.

This is something else that women should think about before getting implants. Like me, I had to hide my breasts to be successful. Big breasts would have labeled me as being dumb and I would have never succeeded or been successful.

]]> By: Gloria http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/05/27/using-plastic-surgery-to-get-ahead/297#comment-1523 Gloria Wed, 28 May 2008 03:35:56 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/05/27/using-plastic-surgery-to-get-ahead/297#comment-1523 I think there is a huge difference between being a beautiful 25-year-old, and a 50-year-old who is nipped and tucked into looking like a beautiful 25-year-old. The latter can look like a freak of nature, and who's going to see anyone so overtly concerned with her appearance as an authority figure? You know, the kind of person who can make the big bucks and run the show? In the acting biz, especially, I think plastic surgery is backfiring on a lot of actresses who go under the knife so they can still look good enough for starlet roles. But honestly, who wants to watch Meg Ryan or Demi Moore in movie about twenty- or thirty-somethings when we all know she's in her mid-forties and has grown children who could soon make her a grandmother? That's why all the juicy roles for older women are going to those who are aging gracefully and beautifully, like Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett. I think there is a huge difference between being a beautiful 25-year-old, and a 50-year-old who is nipped and tucked into looking like a beautiful 25-year-old. The latter can look like a freak of nature, and who’s going to see anyone so overtly concerned with her appearance as an authority figure? You know, the kind of person who can make the big bucks and run the show?

In the acting biz, especially, I think plastic surgery is backfiring on a lot of actresses who go under the knife so they can still look good enough for starlet roles. But honestly, who wants to watch Meg Ryan or Demi Moore in movie about twenty- or thirty-somethings when we all know she’s in her mid-forties and has grown children who could soon make her a grandmother? That’s why all the juicy roles for older women are going to those who are aging gracefully and beautifully, like Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett.

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