Reply To: Article In Jewish Press

blinky:

“The writer did not say that girls have to look like a model- she just said that girls should make sure they take care of their basic appearance.”

She most certainly implied that model-esque features are to be coveted. She even wrote how since models wear makeup and most people do not look like models how much more so do we have to wear makeup. She also mentioned nose jobs/hair straightening many times throughout her article, to me that is not “basic appearance”.

I completely agree that nice clothing & enhancing makeup will take you a long way in shidduchim. I was just waiting for words like ‘middos’, ‘intelligence’, ‘personality’, ‘inner beauty’ to crop up next to ‘nose job’, ‘violet lenses’, & ‘hair straightenings’…..sadly, it did not.