Blog chapter five

This whole subject matter was very interesting. Women young and old  have such distorted self images and a lot of it is due to paying attention to the media and peer pressure. I was no different as a teen ager wanted bigger boobs and a smaller waist. I was very active in sports and pomming so exercise was a daily part of my routine. I pretty much ate what I wanted and my biggest worry was hair. How interesting that a whole article in chapter five dedicated itself to hair and the part it plays in our relationships and life.

Women need to understand that the women on television, ads and commercials look just like all of us. The only reason they seem to look thinner and more beautiful is due to techniques like air brushing (that Dove commercial was amazing) and makeup and I mean lots of it! Any one of us could look that amazing if we had the money for a personal trainer and had a studio makeup artist. Their lives seem oh so wonderful but yet they have the same problems all of us lower peons have, i.e., cheating husbands/boyfriends, the craving of chocolate and french fries, bratty kids and crazy families, ha. I wouldn’t trade their lives for mine for one minute or my body.  While I might wish for a flatter stomach I know they only way I am going to get is  stomach crunches and exercise. I am responsible for me and if  I want chocolate well, the world is not going to sink, have it,  life is way to short.

The Poem “Phenomenal Woman” was just beautiful. There is no reason we cannot think about ourselves like that poem suggests. Be happy in knowing who you are and what your finer points are everyone has bad points or things we need to work on but if we are happy being who we are then go with it enjoy walking down the street!

Men menstruating that is a laugh! I really don’t think they could handle it and would take to their beds for the entire length of their period, moaning and crying. Men may think they are stronger than  women in all aspects but we know the truth right? Live with one that has a headache or stomach ache and the world stops. I know I get a headache or stomach ache and I still have to earn a living. Most men could not handle having to bleed for seven or more days they would plead e, ha!

We are a society that is so image focused that it really gets in the way of our younger societies growth. Sometimes I feel as though we are headed in the right direction…other times I really wonder. Vagina plastic surgery still just blows my mind that some women feel the need to have a ”pretty vagina”. Give me a break! You cannot tell me that you feel prettier if you have a reconstructed vagina that is shorter and smaller and tighter. That is just the stupidest thing I have every read and I do care about being politically correct….women please who cares? Get a life that is just my opinion. If I had that much money to blow I still wouldn’t have that surgery, think of all the pairs of shoes one could buy, lol.