Beautiful Women

Recently, I had a revelation. A late one as it proves to be. Greece is overrun by stunningly beautiful women! OK, not “overrun”, but I must say, the percentage is very very good. So, where’s the big deal, you might say. Greek women were, as far as I know, always beautiful and very much in the last decade. But what about men?

The revelation/observation/conclusion came to me as I watched an advertisement about loans, a very popular hobby in Greece. There is this average looking guy, laying on the beach. Around 35, little hair on his head, his body looking like it would need some training (no six-packs or what so ever). He listens to the radio about loans becoming more and more expensive. Then, a gorgeous chick comes out of the water and sits next to him, changes the radio station and we hear about the “cheaper loan on the market”. This puts a smile on the guy’s face and he tells the chick how happy he feels about it. Several other babes turn their heads and look at his direction. The end.

So what? Ads are playing with our fantasies and wishful thinking. Who doesn’t want to be successful and popular to women? And of course they’ll put an average looking guy, because the ad targets on average people, who, statistically may look average as well. A beautiful woman is often related to success. Plus, the beach and the sea are related to vacation and relaxation. And you can have all these with the “cheaper loan on the market”… There, I made a semiological analysis as well :-P

The thing that put me in thought was the two main persons in the ad. How come women look more and more beautiful, while men remain average-looking? Then I did some zapping and I noticed that this was the case. Almost every woman looked great. OK, I know it’s the TV, so they’ve got to put good-looking women there. But then you look outside the box, you look around you when you’re outside, having fun. People, we have become a nation of beautiful women, very much like Italy some years ago.

There is the Mediterranean look, naturally. But now there are girls that look like being from Northern Europe, blonde, with blue eyes, yet 100% Greek. Most of them take good care of their body, and even the chubby ones know now how to dress and hide their negative aspects. Guys remain on a standard level, with very few exceptions. Well, not all of us can look like models, right?

Women complain about the lack of “real men”. I’ve grew tired on listening to the same bull for the last 2-3 years, and to tell the truth, who can blame them? Many men lost their courage and will to flirt. Afraid of rejection from a beautiful woman, they don’t dare as they used to, that’s what the cliché is. Women look stunning nowadays, while you are, well, just a guy. But through this ad, I came to the delayed conclusion that that’s the status quo of looks in Greece. Women don’t expect from men to look beautiful as they do, they’ll always want to look better than anyone, that’s natural. And to them, I believe, we look as we always did. They see that men are looking average, being normal guys. They don’t want a guy who is equally good-looking as they are; they just want a nice guy. That’s why they make themselves pretty.

There is no need to seek courage from complicated discussions about the two genders. Personally, I have accepted the fact that that’s the way it is. I have a girlfriend, but those of you who don’t, don’t think about it. We should feel lucky that Greece if filled with babes, not being afraid of them. They can’t help themselves if they are born with beauty genes, right?