[Chat Log] March 1, 2019

[Neb]

And a guy says, well, she's hot, but I don't see proof of smart, just sets off allllllll the rage

 

[Chase]

And I apologize if it's misunderstood.

 

[Neb]

Not saying you're sexist, but that's where the emotions are coming from

 

[Morgan]

I'm seeing this as an open question, one that I believe we should all consider. Perhaps the blind are blessed.

 

[Claire Yeon]

(Popping in to offer my two cents. I don't know how much came from tv/movies/media and how much from my experiences as Not-Conventionally-Attractive-Person, but I feel like women were expected to exist in two ways: pretty and dumb, or smart and ugly. I wanted to believe that we - that I - could be smart and pretty. They didn't have to be mutually exclusive. Looking back on Carmen from an adult perspective, what I appreciate most about her now is neither her brains nor her beauty - it's her independence. She can do things for herself. In fact, she is better off when she works alone, without her bumbling henchmen. That is the Carmen I want to be like.)

 

[Eugene]

I'm going to second Claire here. Carmen's presentation of Independence is more critical than either the supposed intelligence or sex appeal.

 

[Chase]

Again, nothing personal, I'm coming from a marketing perspective.

 

[Claire Yeon]

And that's an important one. People buy what is sold to them, and we have to examine our own reasons for buying.))

 

[Eugene]

And I think that may be why Chase is having difficulty finding solid proof of the smarts, because it's not an element showcased nearly as strongly as the independence or trademark red attire.

 

[Emma Bezzle]

@Eugene agreed

 

[Chase]

I agree on that too.

 

[Eugene]

I'd say more, but my phone is being very user unfriendly right now.