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Gender stereotypes? |
They're still too common! :( I hate them! |
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I guess I still see some every now and then. They're not very nice. |
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Yeah, there's some, but they'll pass. :) |
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I don't really mind them. |
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Bleh, I don't care. |
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:34 am
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:31 am
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`Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,' I said, `art sure no craven. Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore -
You forgot that the UK had it's first female prime minister: Margret Thatcher (or was it Britain?)
The most times I've heard stereotypes is from my mom ironically. I say it's ironic because I dunno, aren't mothers supposed to be supportive of their daughters? My mom keeps the whole, oh you're supposed to wear makeup it's girly, or do you want to be a boy? And other hateful sentiments. The problem with makeup is that we don't need to actually wear it, some of us are born with young looking skin, makeup can actually damage that by ageing it more that it looks and by giving more zit. Neither is what we actually want. For me I have fairly young skin and thick eyelashes, both I love and will not ruin for the sake of some braindead simpletons >.>
But really we live in an age where being a girl is more than wearing makeup, loving pink, being crappy drivers and gamers. We have the ability of doing great things.
Also centuries ago depending on where women lived, many actually DID go to school. The only places where women were outlawed were actually America and Europe I believe. Whereas Russia, China, Japan, a few Middle Eastern countries actually did encourage women being educated. Many were already respectable doctors, and many did lead countries already. I mean helllooooo Catherine the Great? Elizabeth I? Queen Victoria?
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!' Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:49 am
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Ravynne Sidhe `Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,' I said, `art sure no craven. Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore - You forgot that the UK had it's first female prime minister: Margret Thatcher (or was it Britain?)
The most times I've heard stereotypes is from my mom ironically. I say it's ironic because I dunno, aren't mothers supposed to be supportive of their daughters? My mom keeps the whole, oh you're supposed to wear makeup it's girly, or do you want to be a boy? And other hateful sentiments. The problem with makeup is that we don't need to actually wear it, some of us are born with young looking skin, makeup can actually damage that by ageing it more that it looks and by giving more zit. Neither is what we actually want. For me I have fairly young skin and thick eyelashes, both I love and will not ruin for the sake of some braindead simpletons >.>
But really we live in an age where being a girl is more than wearing makeup, loving pink, being crappy drivers and gamers. We have the ability of doing great things.
Also centuries ago depending on where women lived, many actually DID go to school. The only places where women were outlawed were actually America and Europe I believe. Whereas Russia, China, Japan, a few Middle Eastern countries actually did encourage women being educated. Many were already respectable doctors, and many did lead countries already. I mean helllooooo Catherine the Great? Elizabeth I? Queen Victoria? Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!' Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.' Damn, why do I always word everything wrong? @__@;; First of all yes, I know, a lot of places have women as leaders now, which is why I said "among others" instead of listing them all. ;3 I actually looked up "female presidents" after posting this, and was happily surprised to find out that there's many more whom I hadn't even heard of. Plus of course, like you said, some women have already been leaders ages ago. I'm not saying that female leaders have never existed, but that they are still a somewhat uncommon sight (and I mean, when did females finally officially get voting rights? First time 1893 in New Zealand, Europe 1907 (Finland), US legislation officially 1918->ratified 1920). I doubt Middle-East will get their first female leader anytime soon, and in a lot of Asian and African countries females would never get a leader's position. And as advanced as Japan is, the young female's part is rather crappy. Certain expectations keep them chained to traditions, and for example becoming head of an office is simply no option. From this perspective the Western country women have a wonderful position. I suppose you're right about the schooling though, that's been around for the females for quite a long time in most of the places. o.o
Oh nice, your mom says that? x'D I have a friend whose mom acts similarly. I think she has calmed down lately, but she used to be really upset about her daughter having short hair and using no make-up and refusing to wear feminine clothing. o.o;; She somehow took it as an insult towards her as a mother, even if my friend didn't intend to hurt her feelings, but merely dress the way she felt comfortable with. I'm still trying to understand the logic behind that. @.@
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:50 am
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:53 am
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:03 am
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:21 pm
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I quite disagree with the bad driving one...and all of them, actually. But guys are the ones who get into more accidents, and girls have lower car insurance rates, so it isn't all bad. c: Besides, for proof, my brother is a crappy driver and he's wrecked about three of his cars. It doesn't help that he does stupid stuff to them, like setting them on fire for fun. o_O But still, I hate being stereotyped just because I'm a girl. One of my pet peeves is when I'm talking about something I want to do, like owning a vacation home in Hawaii (Well, I can dream, can't I? whee ) to my mom and she's all, "Well, you better have a rich husband when you get married," like getting a job is out of the question. She just assumes that I'm going to get married and have kids, and when I say something to her like, "And who says I'm getting married?" she'll give me this smile/smirk like, "Oh, someday, when you're bouncing your fifth child on your knee, you'll see what I mean." scream scream scream Yeah, both of my parents can be pretty stereotypical towards females a lot of the time. When my dad does something that's unfair, my mom won't help me out because she says, and I quote, "He is the HEAD of the household!" Garaaarraggagggh. [/rant] Ahem. Anywho.
TL;DR version: Stereotypes need to die. 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:14 pm
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Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:17 pm
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I've always found the 'all women wear make up' one quiet annoying. I've know girls that have pushed me to put make up on, more so in high school. I use to get called ugly if I didn't 'omfg your so ugly. you know you'd be pretty if you wore make up' its silly, and then they claim i'm not being 'part' of the 'female' world... So dear female world that these crazy nut jobs are part of; ******** YOU. -love sawahxo
What is wrong with natural? Whats wrong with loving to be natural? I mean so i don't have beatiful make up, and I don't do smokey eyes, and that crap. Is that really that big of a deal? Because i'm not the same.
Can I not be natural? Why does make up make a girl beautiful? so what, are we ugly when there natural looking? No. I don't like make up. I find it a waste of money, and time. I could be sleeping, Besides that money that I don't use could go to other things, things I find important.
I've never got the thing of 'ever girl can cook/bake' Alright I can cook to a point. The house fills up with smoke, and the pans are usually ruined. But on the bright side what i made comes out perfectly okay. I don't like cooking, I don't like baking. I don't know which i find more annoying. I think its ten times more sexy if a guy can.
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:57 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:39 pm
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:50 am
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It affects me enough to hide my gender, not that I am unhappy being female. ninja
An example would be video games, especally on xbox live. I log in, play matching making, etc, etc. When word is out that I am a chick, almotst all the guys act shock or want me to date them. Sometimes, they tell me I shouldn't be playing video games and when that happens, I exchange them 'friendly' words. But whenever I feel don't want to deal with the drama or feel like goofing off, I say I'm a dude and they believe, which is the funny part. Even on Gaia my avatar is male but that is cause I am bored. Yet, I only do this over the internet. In real life, its different since people can actually see me. But I've been told to make sandwiches here and there.
The point is, it happens and it does get old. No matter what similiarities you have, you're always going to get crictize or judged for something. In this case, it would be female. But sometimes, it best not to stress over the little things.
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:45 am
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:37 am
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