Sadia Khan argues that basing your worth on looks is a trap. Beauty fades, shallow partners follow, and you end up competing with younger people in relationships that can't last. Build your identity on something that doesn't depreciate.
Your looks is the only depreciating asset you have. So why would you want to derive your value from it and your self-esteem from it? We know it's depreciating. Because what happens when the looks start to fade in women who've only put their value in their physical appearance? What happens? Well, what happens is they end up with men who are equally shallow. If I'm just a pretty face, I'm going to end up with a man who only likes pretty faces. Now, the reality is that man is so easily distracted with the next pretty face and the next 25 year old and the next. So what will happen is you're in a constant competition with people you can't compete with for the rest of your life. When you create your identity on something so fragile, you attract somebody who's also very fragile, and then you end up in a lonely cycle.
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