“It is still beauty
before brains” by Chok Suat Ling highlights the issue of less attractive women
being shunted despite their intelligence, skills and talents.
Since the writer is overall biased towards
women, she tends to make the assumption that people are more judgmental towards
the physical appearance of women compared to men. She instilled the idea that unlike men, women are always being
scrutinized by their looks through a statement from the well-known British presenter Fiona Bruce, who admits that female
newsreaders were often judged on their appearance in a way that their male
counterparts were not. The writer not only emphasizes on the fact that women were
being judged by their looks but also tried to impose the idea that women are
being discriminated throughout the years and had to strive hard to earn the
respect of the society through the examples given. The writer took for granted
that in real, everyone, that is both men and women, are constantly being judged
by the modern society.
Overall,
the writer should not be too biased towards a certain group of people. The
examples given are mainly from a female’s point of view. Opinions from other
groups of people, like the men should be included so that there is a balanced
contribution of ideas from both sides and the actual situation at hand can be
fully understood.
Yes, I agree with you. Since the writer is a female, we should take into account her background and her past experience. Maybe the writer had some unpleasant experiences before. Yet, even if we consider the opinions from different sides, people will still be biased, because everyone has his own background that will affect his point of view.
ReplyDeleteDear Sherlyn,
ReplyDeleteA good critique!
I agree with your point of view that not only female, male are judged by their physical appearance as well. Everyone in this world is judged as it is human nature to be a least a little bit judgmental toward the others. Although the author is overprotective over her own gender in the article, she is somehow able raise awareness among public that judging female by their physical appearance is a wrong thing to do and enable the public to see this issue in the perspective of women.