Why Does Everyone Have to be Hot?

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The woman above is me, I am only mocking myself. Please don’t yell at me.

I have to admit, I’ve waffled on writing this piece because every time I wade into this discourse I get yelled at. But I might as well, because why not. All I ask is you hear me out and assume best intentions.

I’ve seen a particular type of online conversation play out many times. A chauvinistic man will say something about how “women expire after 23” or something else designed as bait to get negative attention, and he will be flooded with women saying things like “WRONG! I’m 38 and this is the hottest I’ve ever looked and I don’t care what you think!” complete with sexy photos of themselves, presumably to validate their thesis about being “at their hottest.” A man who probably shouldn’t even be legally permitted to be within ten miles of a woman has now been inundated with thousands of photos of beautiful women. That’ll show him!

Obviously, the biggest jerk in the scenario is the man (Evergreen.) But I have to be honest, I don’t understand the urge to prove your hotness—to a man, no less—juxtaposed with a declaration that you “don’t care what men think.”