Advantage –BEAUTY ?

 

This is the age of discriminations; there is a discrimination against nationality, religion, colour, caste, class, creed, race, sex, age and so on. But there is another type of discrimination that is experienced by the not so beautiful people as against the beautiful! An old grouse and debate one may say which refuses to die unlike -BEAUTY.

The children of the lesser God feel that the pretty faces get favoured even if they do not deserve and the average looking people are given second hand treatment.

 

We have to admit, grudgingly or otherwise, we all aspire to have a beautiful face. The burgeoning beauty business -it would be appropriate to call it so -the beauty industry, is an 'in your beautiful face' case in study. Beauty may be skin deep but most of the world is bewitched with the outward appearance. Unfair it may be but that is the way of the world –

 

Mere dost -Jo dikhta hai  Wo bikta hai - is an unwritten rule

 

Do not judge a book by its cover is an old idiom, but don't we all do it? The advertising industry, matrimonial columns are a ubiquitous reminder to this fact. While choosing a spouse, people seldom look for an average looking person (read girl), no matter how ordinary he is himself - they all desire to have a beautiful bride.

 

Beauty does count and the beautiful do get that coveted job or a raise because of her/his looks. This sadly is a global phenomenon and like recession, quite unfair too -people lose out on opportunities and relationships due to no fault of theirs! It is always the striking faces that devour all the attention and goodwill.

 

It may be an ugly pill to swallow from but beauty plays an important role in career advancement. Career options widen a tad more for a good looking person comparatively. For example if for the same job, the choice is between a beautiful girl with the required intelligence and the 'not so beautiful one' with the same level of intelligence or may be a level higher  - no points for guessing who gets the job! So beauty does get prioritized!

 

However I believe, ultimately beautiful or ordinary, everyone has to perform and deliver to sustain and justify their position and remuneration. Even for a modelling career which is essentially a 'beauty job', intelligence, knowledge, communication skills and the right aptitude are pre requisite.

 

It is always the beautiful baby who gets more love and the pretty daughter in law who gets more attention at a family gathering. But then only to a certain extent – for beautiful is as beautiful does ! A woman with beauty but no brains is like an empty vessel, there is a lot of room for content there. Where as a woman with beauty and brains is a lethal combination – which is actually a male perspective ! As a woman I would love to befriend such a person.

 

And again, of what use is a handsome man if he can not be a provider, a guide and a driving force to his family? Only good looks can not run a happy home one has to work hard and nurture the family intelligently using one's wisdom and practical knowledge. I strongly believe - when one is beautiful inside, each one of us sees the person in different light. That person with a sensitive and compassionate heart always has the most beautiful face to look at! Be it Gandhiji or Mother Teresa.

 

A word about the deserving beautiful people – many a time their pretty face over shadows their calibre, capabilities and intelligence and their success is attributed to their good looks. DISADVANTAGE – Beauty?