To all the girls reading this: Do you think that it's right/fair/downright preposterous that SDU makes it compulsory for everyone to fill in their height and weight in their personals? Anyway, for those who require pictorial evidence, here's the pic of the application:



You can now see that the list ranges from "Athletic" to "Stout". Not only that, but this is also displayed on your profile page whenever someone clicks on it.

Now what is it about this that pisses me off? Well, for one thing, the word "built" has been used wrongly. HAhaha... :P it should be "build".

Another thing is again, isn't the point of Internet dating to get rid of superficialities like this? By allowing people to choose 'prospects' based on their "built", aren't you just perpetuating the same stereotypical perceptions in real life? Because when people are searching for people with the same interests, the same dropdown menu appears:



So if I was doing a search, I can specify that my prospective partner has to be from XXcm to XXcm, XXyears old, and have an "Athletic" 'built'.

And somehow... that's not exactly what 'love' is about is it? We get all these people shaking their heads over Singaporean men going to Vietnam to buy their wives, who have to be XXcm, XXyears old and be virgins, but yet, we have a government agency here who's just encouraging these same prejudices and practices, albeit in a more 'acceptable' form.

And is love all about how high the person is, or what her build is? If so, then all the fat women like me can just turn lesbian right now, because face it, if men aren't choosing women like me in real life, what makes you think they'd specifically choose me through the SDU website?

We all know by now that looks aren't [that] important, that ultimately, what cements a relationship is a deeper understanding and willing to commit, and that choosing a partner based on looks and body is a surefire way of getting into a lot of mess later on. Not to say that looks don't come into the equation at all, but why place all this emphasis on a factor that should not be significant in the equation?

I wonder if the head honcho at SDU wonders why more people don't get hitched through his fancy-dancy website. *PFISH!* Whoever you are out there, fire your IT staff [and I bet they're men] right now, for the sake of the country.

And btw: All those pics of lovey couples staring into each other's limpid eyes? Really makes me sick.