I am an old guy with old guy values. I believe that God created women beautiful from the beginning without any need of additional work. Society, on the other hand, uses beauty standards to enslave and injure women. Men would never put up with the inconveniences created by fashion designers who must hate women. Their clothes are inconvenient with all the buttons, zippers and fasteners in places that almost require assistance or a contortionist ability. The cruelest part is the constant attack women undergo if they aren’t in style or surrendering to societal demands. This demand is historical. Women died due to corsets or suffered severe health issues in the past.

Models are my example of famine. They are starving in a land of plenty. They are gifted with beauty by public standards, but spend much of their wealth trying to be more. Clothing, plastic surgery, make up, and so many other beauty expenses damage their finances and prove that they are unable to be satisfied with themselves. Interviews show that they are extremely aware that they have a short life span for being a model just like most athletes have a limited time span in their sport.

Models and athletes are extreme examples. All people tend to feel like they live under a microscope, being evaluated and judged by the people and circumstances around them. Standard memes on public media joke on the assumption that women will constantly judge other women behind their backs. Youth are a primary target of advertisers and social media to set standards and trends for them to follow. Many girl students came to school complaining that they could not find long shorts because the stores only sold shorter shorts than the school required. I believe it is true. People and society are cruel, often without thinking.

Jesus deals with people according to who they are, not how they appear. Women were highly respected and welcomed into ministry in the New Testament, despite a few of the commonly misquoted verses which would attempt to subjugate them. It is not right to put another down to make self feel better. It is a failing of humanity to favor those most like self and demean those living in a different pattern. It is cruelty to degrade others who have done no wrong except being different. Jesus enters all countries, all cultures, in all places to rescue people from the cruelty and death of selfishness and evil. I need to be like that. the more people who are like that, the better the world will be.