I don't want to be "Girl Pretty"

@danad1987

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Why it worked

The video taps into a relatable frustration about the perceived devaluation of compliments and beauty standards, resonating with viewers who feel the same way about the current social media landscape.

Summary

The creator expresses frustration with the overuse and devaluation of compliments like "pretty" and "gorgeous" by women, feeling that these terms are now applied too broadly and insincerely. She contrasts this with how such compliments were historically reserved for genuinely attractive individuals and notes a perceived shift where men are now more honest in their compliments than women.

Structure

1Introduction of the problem: "Girl Pretty" is overused.
2Historical context: Compliments used to be reserved.
3Shift in compliment usage: From men seeking sex to women broadly complimenting.
4Creator's personal questioning of compliments received from women.
5Observation of men being more honest than women with compliments.
6Conclusion: The current state of compliments is "crazy" and "disrespectful".

On-screen text

I don't want to be "Girl Pretty" Y'all lie too much 😔

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It’s concerning at this point #girlpretty #compliments #attractive #baddie #pretty

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Transcript

I don't want to be girl pretty. Not at this point. Y'all girls, girls so hard with all this lying about who attractive, who badies, who beautiful, who gorgeous. Y'all just be tossing in words around anybody. Those words used to actually be reserved for extremely attractive people, but y'all just be saying anybody gorgeous, beautiful, and baddies. It's like it's switched because back in the day it used to be men who was lying real bad about their attractiveness to have sex. And in order to have sex with women, they would overexaggerate her attractiveness to head up to have sex. But now it's just girls, girls thing where y'all go around lying about people's attractiveness to the point now when I get compliments from women, I ask myself, what am I doing wrong? Like, I'd rather women call me ugly. And I never thought I'd see the day where men's compliments for women would actually be rooted in more truth than y'all's. It's crazy. It's crazy how stuff is starting to shift. The men are actually being more honest about women's attractiveness than the women are. Crazy times we living in. The men are actually being more honest about women's attractiveness than the women are. I don't want to be "Girl Pretty" Y'all lie too much 😔