People defend calling girls beautiful as more than just remarking on their physical appearance, like it’s some all encompassing compliment about their personality and mind. But then why does no one ever say they fell in love with a man because they were “beautiful,” in the sense that they are more than physically attractive, like they do for women? Even if men are praised for their physical looks, they are usually referred to as “handsome” (generally followed by praise for their other, non-physical attributes), which I’ve never seen anyone try to defend as having a deeper meaning like they do for “beauty.”
“Beautiful” is used as a gendered compliment, meant to appraise a woman’s physical appearance, the end.
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