Superficial vs. Depth

topic posted Fri, December 16, 2005 - 12:16 PM by  Passion
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From an objectivist point of view - how is the balance of physical beauty vs. depth, honesty and the other less superficial qualities? Interested in hearing veiws and what kind of struggles you all have had with this issue from the perspective of honoring your own desires.
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  • Re: Superficial vs. Depth

    Fri, December 16, 2005 - 2:54 PM
    I do prefer depth over physical beauty when it comes to my partners but that's because I'm a cerebral person.

    Do you ever find yourself writing someone off because of how they look? I have caught myself sneering at pretty girls with all the hair and make up and pointy toed shoes thinking "yes but can she carry on a conversation or understand philosophy?". And then you get the experiences like I did on CL-Seattle where I put out an ad to meet someone new only to get a lot of "your fat/ugly/gross" and so on when I am none of those things.

    To honor my own desire I have to admit I like thin men with big dicks, but many of my lovers have had neither of those qualities. I also honor some physical qualifications like bathing often, clean clothes with some effort at style, and some interest in a healthy lifestyle, but for the most part I appreciate what's inside and you have to actually talk to the person to find out what that is.
    • Re: Superficial vs. Depth

      Mon, December 19, 2005 - 11:17 AM
      Well all of those things are so subjective too - there isn't really an absolute definition of beauty - actually this is one of the things that I've been thinking about lately - how much of our desires concerning even the superficial qualities are our very own desires as opposed to what we think our friends/ co-workers, etc. will think. I'm not sure we can really separate all of these things effectively - at least not without some real hard long looks at ourselves.

      I've found that I don't have a "type" as far as looks go - but courage - now there's one thing I have a hard time doing without.

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