I've had people say I was a Mary Ann and not a Ginger more than once. I always took it to mean they were kidding me because I'm so not glamorous. I like the board's opinion much better, hah!
I have a scale of physical attractiveness that has three elements. For a long time it was only two, which corresponded pretty well with Ginger and Mary Ann. I've had to add a third one as time has gone by.
Cute: Mary Ann. What does she look like out of makeup? Does she seem "spunky"?
Hot: Ginger. Could she be a stripper if she were so inclined?
Classy: This was the most recent addition. Sometimes there are ways that women handle themselves that is purely physical but can add or detract from overall attractiveness. A woman could be cute and incredibly hot but... be utterly lacking class. Another woman could be so-so in terms of the other two elements but have a dignity and a presence that makes her much, much more appealing.
My friends and I call it the CHC scale, and it is generally given as a 10/10/10 maximum score... I'd prefer to do RGB values, so we could be more visual, but that would be too much memorization. And would have to have us reevaluate how we communicate.
Compare these two statements:
"Tuesday night girl one called and I had drinks with her... she's cool and a 7/8/6. I talked to girl two, who's 8/7/8, last night and she can't go out on Friday night because she's hanging with her best friend (7/7/7)."
to
"Tuesday night girl one called and I had drinks with her... she's cool and
. I talked to girl two, who's
, last night and she can't go out on Friday night because she's hanging with her best friend (
)."
Hmm... it would work better if the scale was more on a curve... very few girls we'd talk about would be below a 4 in any category. Hmm...
Ed O.
