That was precisely my reaction.
I absolutely agree with this. I tried to become the pretty one once and no matter what I did it never worked... in the end I said to myself: "Blow this! I'm going to be myself!" and I ended up getting the attention that way.
Precisely! Popularity is, after all, what the majority of the world thinks. If we rebelled against the 'slut in the short skirt!' type and looked at the girl or the boy sitting in the library reading and studying thinking about their future seriously then that would become popular... Popularity needs to be overturned on its head.
I agree, you'd think with all the Womens Rights movements that have been going throughout the 20th century from Emmeline Pankhurst to Womens Lib now this attitude would have been squashed.
Can I join you?