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Why "ugly-looking" men might never marry

Initially it was on a men’s side to be so cautious on whom to date least he gets the wrong partner. This has been happening over decades. A man would always struggle to seduce the most beautiful woman in the village so that his parents don’t dismiss his wife. Additionally, he wanted respect among his age mates. However things are changing and now the woman is now shouldered the burden of hooking up with handsome looking men like James Bond.

On interviewing them I was surprised by their shocking revelations. The pressure stems from their mothers. According to Jane, 23 (not her real name) was shocked when her mother dismissed her boyfriend for being ‘ugly’. “I was surprised that my mother dismissed my boyfriend because he was not handsome” says Jane. She further argues that mothers despite their old age are now slowly being brainwashed by the popular culture and ideal image show casted in magazines, newspapers, social media and Television.

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