Making Over the Street
The riggors of Wall Street are known to have an adverse affect on the physiques of young analysts. Where the first year of college brings the freshman fifteen to many a gut, the two years of sleepless monotony expose the analyst to many a gluttonous opportunity. Most guys suck it up and move on. A good amount hit the gym, some even manage to maintain a dietary regime between the Starbucks runs. Another trend, however, is emerging…
Befitting not only of a Man Week rant, but of it’s own website decrying the end of Western Civilization/Capitalism/Everything Holy & Good…is the increasingly popular trend towards male plastic surgery.
I can’t even begin to pretend like I understand the logic and reasoning behind why a man would do something like this. Let me be clear, I think women who succumb to the idiotic urge to cut themselves up for someone else’s viewing pleasure are insane. This isn’t necessarily a boy vs. girl sort of issue, though I have to say I simply don’t get why a man would go under the knife to firm up a turkey neck or to flatten out those man boobs.
I can’t understand how having an artificially better body can be of any benefit to the male psyche. Now I know that I am a bit of a dinosaur on this site, so perhaps some of you guys can enlighten me. What is the value add to the career of a young financier that he may find in plastic surgery?
Though the majority of those opting for such surgeries are aging and wealthy, how long before a tight ass is a dealbreaking factor in the interview process of the prospective monkey? Though only 1.1 million American males opted for plastification procedures last year, that number still sounds astronomical to me. Is there some sort of correlation between career advancement and beautification for guys? It really would turn out pretty funny if on top of all the other ridiculous things young men did to get to Wall Street...tummy tucks became the equivalent of a memorized mock interview.
Would any of you guys be able to come into your office after a few shots of botox and look your fellow monkeys in the eye again? Or am I again living in the stone age? Not realizing that weed whacking my unibrow would make me both happier, healthier and more popular at work…
I think this is all in agreement with a hypothesis I put forward(though not publicly) a few months ago. It might sound sad and I am risking getting soiled big time here, but I do believe that looks are the basis of everything in this world, so even a minor improvement there can bring huge benefits. Why is this the case, you ask? Ok, so if you look good, you get treated better, people just assume you are better, it is the halo effect. Then, if people treat you better, you assume you deserve it with your competence, intellect or whatever, and that's a huge confidence boost. The confidence boost in return makes you indeed become a better person. It is a virtuous cycle.
I guess Midas's concern is that if people are aware that all of that came as an artificial consequence, i.e. from the surgery, they will discard it on some subconscious or perhaps even conscious level. This won't happen most of the time because people end up seeing and believing in what's useful for them. They will soon forget that it all came after they had that surgery.
I heard that better looking people are often more successful than their not-so good looking counterparts. Also, being good looking and feeling good about how you look physically provides one with a huge boost of confidence which can certainly help further your career.
I would take a hard working, intelligent, pimply dog faced analyst over a patrick bateman. I think being attractive holds a lot more merit in sales professions, but if your analysis is dogshit i certainly don't think 18 inch biceps and a strong jaw line are going to save you.
Nope, all else equal, you would pick the 6 feet + good looking dude over the 5'5 kid who can't stand up straight.
Not really against it, but it does have its limit. I think this kind of thing is more useful for older people (35+). Most finance professions at that age stage are client facing and its definitely beneficial to look young and vigorous.
EDIT: meant to quote bullbythehorns
I get that. In my humble opinion if you resort to plastic surgery as a young 20 something you either A) Have serious body image/ self confidence issues or B) Are so narcissistic that you need to carve up your face to look even better.
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