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“Women shouldn’t be judged for our bodies because they don’t conform to some narrow beauty standard! We’re ALL gorgeous and sexy!”

Ok but you’re still saying that a woman is only valuable if she’s “gorgeous and sexy”. Reassuring me that I’m gorgeous and sexy doesn’t take away the fact that I’m still compelled to be and feel gorgeous and sexy in order to have a single iota of self-esteem.

This plays right into the TIM POV that being a woman is all about looking, dressing, and “acting” like one. Rather than do away with the idea that a woman’s value is based off of her appearance, we just tell women that even if they’re overweight or have small breasts or dark skin, they’re still pretty, because being pretty is the very score of womanhood.