Plain

I am plain.
This is not a self deprecatory post. It is just a fact that I state here.
I am not ugly. I am just plain. I got a face that shows how old i am. I got skin that is not even toned. I don't have a hot body that people can lust after. I don't have a single remarkable feature. If I primp and preen and put oodles of make-up I will be able to transform myself. I don't however do that.
As I see it, I am not a model/actress/dancer or in any profession where my face would be my fortune.
You think that I will get by in life? WRONG!!
I forgot to mention one thing. I am a woman.
A woman.
If I need to get by in life, just about scrape through with the usual ups and downs and highs and lows, I still have to be beautiful. If I am not desirable, then I am nothing.
If I were a man, and ugly to boot, I would still get a fair shot at life. They will say, " Never mind, handsome is as handsome does." Even if I were no genius at whatever I do and even if I were not at all talented, I would still scrape by.
However, I am a woman. I must strive all my life to look as close as possible to the IDEAL WOMAN. My teeth must be set straight, I must wear high heels to lengthen my calf ,thrust out my boobs and jutt my butt out, I must wear eye make-up, face powder to even out my complexion, wax, pluck, tweeze, thread, bleach, wear tight clothes, smell good, feel soft to touch, have silky smooth skin and I must maintain this day after day. Only to look the same as all other women, to try hard to be at par with every other woman and look the same so that some day a hairy ugly smelly piece of goods will paw at me and deign to go to bed with me. Call it marriage, call it love, call it an affair. Even if not for sex, I must still strive to look like all other women and as close as possible to the ideal so that the men at work place will at least take me seriously.
If you are a plain woman, and not a genius at something, then life is tough.
I have only one wish. If my genie would come to me I would say to him ( definitely HIM, who has heard of women having the power to grant any wish?) please grant me leave to get away with it. More than anything in the world, I want to get away with being plain. Like many men I know, I just want to get away with it. That's all.