Be kind - I wrote this agesss ago!
Women
Society's impact on Women is really profound. When you think about it, have we really progressed as much as we think we have when it comes to how women are treated and looked at in modern society?
Take this for example; A 1950's housewife was expected to act and look a specific way to fit in with what society deemed appropriate. They made sure they did only the roles that women were "supposed" to fit into. However, not much has changed since then. Yes we have progressed to a point where women can work in almost any field they desire, however women in society today are still put into a specific mold in the way they should dress and behave.
If a woman is opinionated, she is seen to be rude and obnoxious. If she dresses in a way which is inappropriate or unfashionable, she is seen as a slut or daggy. If a woman doesn't stand up for herself, she must be repressed and not know any better.
I think that we have come to a place in society that we are stuck. We are all trying to be individuals, speak out for what we believe in and make a change, but we are trying to do it in a way that doesn't bring attention to ourselves, so we are labelled with a negative stigma as a "bitch".
We are surrounded by the media, who constantly splash images of women such as Paris Hilton and other female celebrities that are the image of "perfection" to many people in society. However, we ourselves have glorified that image and made it perfection. We look at people like that and see them as something to aspire to. We have bought into that image so much that we ourselves have created a perfection that to us in unobtainable.
Its interesting to see young girls fascination with dolls such as Barbie etc, who's manifacturers are trying to attain that image of perfection. People debate the Barbie issue to death, "Should we let our children play with a doll that is promoting a particular body image and bringing down their self esteem?". But really, when you think about it, all it is is a piece of plastic. We've just given it more importance than its really due.
I think that's a lot of today's problems. We're giving the wrong priorities to the wrong things. We tend to look at things at face value, rather than those qualities that make us all individuals and break the mould.
While the limited views and values of society repressed the old 1950's housewives, I believe it is now us as modern women that are putting too much pressure on ourselves to fit our own personal image of perfection. So break the mold. Don't just sit there and not say anything if you want to speak your mind. Don't be afraid to wear the name 'Bitch' with pride, because if you have the ability and confidence to step outside your boundaries and make a difference,
Its a fair price to pay.
There was an article in the spazzy Women's day, I think it was. I normally done read it but it was on the table somewhere I was and there was an article about Brad Pitt's daughter (I think it was brad pitt-hahaha didn't really read it into much detail) and the article was about how his daughter always wants to dress up in boys clothing and it was a major issue and how she's completely different to her other sister who loves wearing dresses and girlie clothing. The poor little girl!!
ReplyDeleteWell the article wasn't all about the little girl wearing boys clothing, it was about brad and his wife hiding the fact that they are having issues...but they snuck that detail in and I thought it was none of the world's business if this little girl wants to wear boys clothings!!