Beauty and the Beast?

As much as I love this story...and other stories with the beautiful woman seeing beyond skin deep in a man (like the frog prince and others). How come there are no stories about a beautiful man falling in love with an ugly woman (the woman being the beast)? What does that say about our society?

Well I cant say about ur society, but if u have heard the Persian Tale of Laila- Majnu, you will realise the true essence of love.

Majnu was the boy and his name was Qais. Majnu means someone who is under the control of a fit. He deeply loved Laila who was dark and ugly. He loved Laila's true innerself.

This is a bit like Romeo and Juliet and is one of the world's greatest love stories ever written.

There is even a recitation in which Qais falls in love with the dog of Laila's street; just for because he cannot disregard anything even slightly connected with Laila.

So there are stories on the other side as well. Laila Majnu is one such epic.

TW K

Read The Wife of Bath's Tale from Canterbury Tales - I think that's about as close as it gets. It says that in our society we value beautiful women with .... enhancements. Pax - C

thier is have you ever heard of mary magdeline and jesus

Check out the tale of Sir Gawain and the Lady. Gawain marries an ugly woman out of a sense of honour, but after he treats her with respect, she reveals her beauty to him. He is then offered the choice: she can either be beautiful when they are alone, or when they are in public but not both - which would he prefer? He leaves the choice to her. By giving her the power to make the choice, she then becomes beautiful forever.

Mind you, this is the answer to a riddle: what does a woman want? To have her will.

Make of that what you will.

That is a good question.

Although I would have to say it's because men tend to fall in love with their eyes first and find emotional and internal beauty later.

It's like some kind of insane double standard isn't it.