[Tired of Taxes]

I see this kind of thing as a pointed poke at men. They make a point of showing a moderately overweight woman or an older woman, and without outright saying it, they are trying to make men feel guilty for thinking that a young woman is more attractive physically

That's not what's happening at all. This trend of women sharing makeup-free and un-retouched photos has nothing to do with men. Some women are complaining that photoshopping has gone too far, so models and other famous people are putting un-retouched photos out there. It's just a trend - the latest thing to do.

It has nothing to do with making men feel guilty about anything. LOL.

And of course, everyone is (usually) more attractive at a younger age.

[rlmorel]

I disagree. I do think this type of lecture about how unattractive/less attractive women are just as beautiful as more physically attractive women is a pointed criticism of objectifying women.

We always hear criticism of men because they make women sex objects and don’t pay attention to the woman under the skin, but that isn’t our fault, and it is what makes the differences between sexes exciting for men (and women)

The REALLY important thing in all of this that highlights the real power of women is not that a younger, physically beautiful woman makes a man want to be a younger man, or a man that stands up straighter, because that is simply a hard-wired, biological thing.

The real magic that a woman can have on a man is that if she is the one he loves regardless of the shape of her body, the attractiveness of her face, or the smoothness of her skin, she makes him want to be a BETTER man. It is that civilizing influence that women have on men that is the magic.