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Friday, November 4, 2005
Society's Standards Over Gender
Fuck them!
I've been posting in a thread on the oB for the past couple of days, debating over what it means to be male and female. Everyone has good thoughts, but the one who made the thread (Adahn-sempai)brought up some valid points that I concur with:
Society has made women like they are, and has weakened them in a way that cannot rival genetics.
People have been disagreeing with that. I'm not too sure why.
We all are influenced by the media. Myself included--as is evident by my 'san'-ing of many people and the recent reference to 'sempai'. In the media, women are depicted in such a way that it's not so pleasant--vain, shallow, cookie-cutter copies of each other that seem to equate the 'perfect girl' idea.
It's not very empowering in the long run.
And Lore-San, I know what you mean by Tomboyish-ness, but I had it in reverse order. As a child I was very feminine, the sort who loved stuffed animals and dresses. But then Puberty hit, and I started realizing the silliness of girliness.
Bluntly, I didn't become a tomboy until I was in middle school.
And it doesn't help that I had a crush on my best friend at the time--it really complicated life.
So, as a female and as a tomboy, I say fuck society's standards and set your own! I just do what I feel is right--I don't feel that it is right to constantly be dependent on this 'boyfriend' business that most teenage girls seem obsessed about.
Hell, I'll probably be the only girl at Prom not wearing a dress. Yeah, go there a la Annie Lennox.
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