I don't mind those who pursue beauty, sure. I wouldn't get on a guy's case for going to the gym an hour a day.
But as you said, to drill this into kids in their formative years is so fucking ridiculous. This is their primary time of
intellectual and
moral development and you can't get those years back.
At any point, an kid who hasn't been raised with any emphasis on beauty can decide to go to the gym and figure out how to work out and work the punching bag.
But I guarantee you, this girl is not going to pick up Plato's Republic in 20 years and learn how to be smart. She's doomed.
Speak for yourself. At a young age boys are taught by their environment to view strength as something big. While their isn't a pageant about strength , that doesn't change the conditioning for it. Boy are as conditioned to view strength as a big part of their worth as girls are to do the same with beauty. When your young thats whats most viewed as a key to success.
Through high school, I remember the top of the (ridiculous) social ladder were the high school sports stars.