I think the news reports are pointing out the Maxim modeling angle because the "Harvard" detail is exactly what you'd expect in the significant other of a presidential political speechwriter. News thrives on the unexpected.

As for brains vs. body...beauty is a social construction, we must all remember that. What's attractive today, in this culture, is utterly different from what was attractive 50 years ago or is attractive in another society. An obsession with a cultural standard of beauty, rather than a personal one, is based in the idea of women as a status symbol for men. This doesn't mean a man can't truly love a woman who fits this ideal, but he should probably ask himself some hard questions about what he's going to think of her for the next few decades.

If you have maturity, your perfect mate will be the perfect person for you in personality, intelligence, etc., and that will MAKE them the most beautiful person in the world in your eyes, no matter what they look like.

Asker's Rating:

Permalink | Report