is pain beauty, or is beauty pain?

how come there aren't any cute guys anymore,
my friend asked,
but there are so many cute girls?
i thought for a minute
then answered,
it's because we dye our hair
rip out our eyebrows
paint our faces and eyelashes
shave our legs and burn our hair into the
shape we want
spray paint on our skin to change its tone
wear padding on our chests
glue pieces of plastic on our fingers
force needles through our ears
reconstruct our noses
and starve ourselves.
guys don't do that stuff.
oh,
she said.
oh.