Today’s world seems to have an endless list of ways to enhance beauty – temporarily or permanently. Whilst these ‘enhancements’ are available for both men and women, it would appear that in the everyday community, such as the one I live in, women take up the opportunity almost daily whilst men are still a little cautious.
First, my friends, let me make it clear that I am not just speaking about dating. You can’t seem to be able to pick up your groceries today without being knocked out by someone’s false eyelashes that are obnoxiously long or being repulsed by the spray tan or botched botox job. My question is, do men really find this attractive?
Okay, I come from a time when the worst thing that could happen was for your love interest to see you without makeup. The key back then to wearing makeup was to make it look like you weren’t wearing makeup – not as easy as it sounds. It is not about how you look when you are ‘picked up’ but how you will look the next day! Surely, women who are into ‘enhancing’ themselves would be even more paranoid about this? Let’s see. Ladies, let me turn the tables for you using the dating scene ….
You are dressed up nicely at a club with your girlfriends and spot a guy who ticks all your boxes. He is tall, handsome, great hair, and as you watch him move through the club, he appears to have a good character. He notices you and comes your way. You squirm a little as you see his unique, dreamy eye colour and sculpted chest. Even his tattoos are tasteful, and you simply find everything sexy.
He asks you back to his place, and you are ready to see where the night will take you. As you sit nervously on the lounge, he excuses himself and heads to the bathroom. You look around and can’t help but see he has left the door open a slither, and you are mesmerised as you watch him ‘slip into something more comfortable’.
First, he removes his expensive hairpiece revealing a balding hairline. Next, he takes out his colour contact lenses and false teeth plate, revealing a heavily coffee stained smile. His fake earring is removed along with his phony tattoo sleeves. He kicks off his shoes and drops about 10cm in height. Finally, as he removes his shirt, he removes his fake abs uncovering a glowing, hairy chest fit for only the best computer nerds. What do you do? No doubt most would run, somewhat repulsed at the concept.
Not only do you run, but you also text all your girlfriends, telling them the whole ordeal and how dare he lie to you like that! I mean, if he is going to lie about his appearance, is his name even real? Perhaps he is perve, and you’re lucky to get out there just in time? Girlfriends naturally agree.
With the power only girlfriends have, every girl within reach would soon know of this guy and avoid him. Yet, what did he do exactly that many women don’t do every day? What if he turned up to work like that? What would you think if you were served at the cash register by an ‘enhanced’ male? ‘Enhanced’ women are so ordinary now that society has given them their own slang: Barbie, plastic. If women want to be accepted and found to be sexy by men for this look, isn’t only fair that women should be willing to find ‘enhanced’ men sexy?
I can only imagine what a man must think when he sees all the ‘bits’ that aren’t real. Perhaps we should just call it all what it is – FAKE.