CMV: Accepting that it's okay to be unattractive is better than saying everyone is beautiful

I think society places an unnecessary emphasis on attractiveness and physical appearance. Beauty standards have existed for ages and the criteria for one to be considered 'conventionally attractive' changes every decade.

I think it is more harmful to tell people that everyone is beautiful because it places an importance on beauty that shouldn't exist. It's more healthy to assert that not everyone will fall within the beauty standard (not to mention beauty standards vary around the world and are extremely subjective) and that it's okay because there are more important things to think about rather than appearance. Placing emphasis on beauty, even through body positivity, equates beauty to worthiness and social value. I think that value should not be dependent on physical appearance but rather on more useful characteristics of actual merit. There is no merit in looking nice.

"All young girls are beautiful and deserve respect and love" Should be "All young girls deserve respect and love regardless of what they look like"

Society is too focused on appearance to the point of superficiality; emphasizing beauty and making it seem important will only make that worse.

I have heard so many times when a young girl goes missing or a crime occurs, adults will say "it's such a shame, she was so pretty" as if her beauty is the reason she should not have been a victim, rather than the fact that she was a human being with a life.

I think societal value should be equated to things of merit like talent in hobbies, education, trained skills, empathy, a kind personality, integrity etc. A person should not have to think that they are less worthy because they dont fit the standard. Rather they should disregard the standard completely and prioritize other things over looks.