Very, very attractive women reveal what it's really like to be very, very attractive.

If you’ve ever gawked at a Victoria’s Secret model and wondered what it’s like to be that stereotypically, head-turningly gorgeous, you may be surprised to know that bombshell good looks have their downsides.

At least, that’s what a bunch of beautiful women have claimed in a controversial new Reddit thread gathering hundreds of comments online.

In the online thread, started this morning, attractive women share their struggles with begin dismissed as stupid, objectified at work and overlooked by “nice guys” who assume good-looking women are out of their league.

Watch the video above for the most striking comments.

Here are just some of them:

People assume you’re dumb.

“I literally cannot take a walk in my neighborhood without a man rolling down his window and wolf whistling or asking me if I want a ride.”

“It’s hard to know when you’re on a date whether or not the person genuinely appreciates who you are or is too busy appreciating what you look like.”

Men are intimidated

“[I’ve b]een rejected for being out of their league before. Everybody supposes I am stupid, when they find out I am not I become way too intimidating.”

“My friends, and especially men I’ve talked to, have this perception that I could date anyone I want, that guys are always throwing themselves at me, and that I get a lot of free stuff, and none of those things are true.”

Women can assume you’re bitchy

“I have to try ten times harder to appear approachable and not stuck up. So when I am not in a great mood, people who don’t know me just assume I am a b****.”

“I think attractive women are categorized as either dumb, or as intimidating/bitchy.”

“A lot of [attractive women] seemed to yearn to make more friends (unless they were already social butterflies). They had a hard time making friends with girls, because other girls were jealous of their beauty and hated them… I was surprised at how lonely some of them were.”

“Some people have told me that they didn’t go up and say ‘hi’ to me at first because they thought I’d be bitchy or stuck up.”

… But let’s not forget the benefits.

Of course, the thread has attracted criticism from those who point out there are some incredible privileges attached to being attractive.

“I know what it’s like to be an unattractive woman and can say with all honesty that it sucks,” one commenter reflected. “I know that people are nicer to my pretty friends.”

In conclusion? Beauty is a double-edged sword. One woman describes the special treatment she receives like this:

“It’s as wonderfully magical as it is horribly horribly awful.”

Do you think there are disadvantages associated with being an attractive woman?