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<p>There are plenty of girls out there who wear little to no makeup and don’t obsess over looks, clothes, etc.</p>
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Generally because a lot of guys are portrayed to care (and often do care) about a woman’s appearance. So obviously if guys are thought to care about a woman’s appearance, in order to get the guy, women change their appearance. A vicious circle, eh?</p>
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<p>Men wear clothes and brush their teeth and shave and comb their hair. They get haircuts way more often than most women do, even though having slightly longer hair wouldn’t be any more time-consuming. They wear ties when they go to work. Some of them take pains to make themselves muscular or avoid getting fat or get rid of acne. Women tend to expect at least some of these things.</p>
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<p>Nothing. <em>shrug</em> I don’t wear makeup. </p>
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<p>Of course. The way we dress and act is determined by our culture. A hundred years ago I would not have been wearing American Eagle skinny jeans.
When I wear nice clothes, it’s because I enjoy looking at them and they make me happy. My enjoyment of them is probably a cultural thing rather than an innate thing, but it’s not primarily for the benefit of other people. </p>
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<p>So is a lot of art and music. The media degrade women by defining physical beauty in narrow/unrealistic ways and failing to consider that women have personalities and existences outside the way they look. Appreciating someone’s physical beauty, or doing things to accentuate your own beauty, is not inherently harmful. </p>
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<p>Gotta love how that gets equated to women wearing makeup.</p>
<p>I am, and it’s really great. But I am so close with him that it feels like more of a best friendship than a relationship. I think that if you find someone who makes you really happy, all the awkwardness goes away and it’s generally just a really fun time.</p>
<p>it actually kinda sucks for guys that they can’t wear makeup. what if they’re having a bad day? if they got no sleep, and they could really use a luminizer or something</p>
<p>Nope. </p>
<p>I’m unattractive and not very sociable.</p>
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<p>Yeah, clothes in general have a practical purpose. I’ll amend that to “clothes that look like anything other than an insulated garbage bag.”</p>
<p>NO. Maybe in the future</p>
<p>my relationship with my ipad?
or with CE?</p>
<p>I’m in a relationship, and it’s my first one. Realistically, I won’t stay with the person after high school because we will got our own ways, but I don’t think it’s a reason to not give it a chance.</p>
<p>No… but I do need a prom date.</p>
<p>Right now? No. I had a gf freshman year (who was in my grade) and also dated a college freshman while I was a junior. I’m interested right now, but there’s seriously no time.</p>
<p>Starting college fall 2014! Never been in a relationship, might never be in a relationship for the next 10 years since I plan on becoming a doctor! Relationships are just a waste of time for me! But maybe thats because I’ve never been in love! Oh well…</p>
<p>Oh and am I the only one with a 1950 on my SATs! I feel so dumb since everyone here’s talking about 2200+</p>
<p>Nope…I am 100% single. Never been in a relationship, but hope to wait until college. ;)</p>
<p>Was in 2 relationships during high school; one was pretty long lasting but ended on bad terms, one was more of a summer thing and we broke up before he left for college so… I find no point in relationships anymore. I’m about to leave, never see any of these people again, and meet new people in college. I’ve been accepted to my first choice, so I have time to date and stuff, but I’m not going to get serious my senior year… I’ve just learned it’s not worth it. I’m more into relationships for the long term, though, so if you’re not serious about it and just want fun, go for it 
My last relationship kind of turned me off the idea of dating during senior year… I wouldn’t want to hurt someone and leave them just because I’m going to college. That’s just my two cents though. Dating before your senior year can be fun, but <em>starting</em> to date someone your senior year probably isn’t a good idea, especially if you want to go to college far away.</p>
<p>Well I’m a little late to the post even if it’s still active. I was in one three months ago, it had lasted around eight months, and sometimes it’s hard to think about her. I don’t know why, but there are times when I think about her, I’m completely fine, but other times, I feel like crying. Don’t plan to be in another relationship anytime soon, because for about a month or two after the breakup, I got so depressed/upset/whichever that I couldn’t eat.</p>
<p>I liked this one girl freshman year. Her looks were stunning, sharp as a whip (she was with me in our pre-IB program), and played varsity volleyball freshman year. I manned up and asked her to homecoming, and she accepted. It turned out, however, that another kid, a rich, WASPy, Johnny Manziel wannabee also wanted her, and wanted her bad. I narrowly avoided a scuffle at the dance, and started getting a flood of bullying, name-calling, public humiliation, even death threats, after that, which really f’ed up my freshman year grades. The school administration was too lazy to respond. Needless to say, I got out of there and haven’t been in a relationship or even wanted to since.</p>
<p>(Postscript: It turns out the girl was LDS. That jock is, purportedly, getting the “You don’t exist” treatment from her. Girl’s got her head on straight.)</p>
<p>I’ve been in a relationship with an amazing guy for close to 9 months now. We started dating near the end of freshmen year & it’s been the best 9 months of my life</p>
<p>Lol nope. I don’t really have any “crushes” because not many girls at my school prefer science or math and are mature enough, both of which are requirements for me oddly enough.</p>