GirlGamer said:Too right. I don't like feminists because I'm sometimes mistaken for a boy (I actually am very pretty, it's just I usually look down at the ground and wear baggy clothes), and when I hold the door for them, I get chewed out because I'm trying to be polite. What? You want me to let the door slam in your face? I'm not implying you're weak, I'm just being kind.Dahni said:I don't really "survive" in this world. Why do you think I play games? I don't know about anywhere else, but where I come from it is always the girls with the inch thick make-up and whatnot that get the attention and they're too busy with all the guys, that girls who don't really give a shit about making themselves seem amazing can get through life drawing little attention to themselves & therefore, very few significant problems. I don't wear make-up beyond a bit of eyeliner and I don't change my behaviour in order to make me seem a bit more attractive so I know I'll probably never get the attention some girls get and that's fine with me.
If women want to degrade themselves in order to appear attractive, then that's great for them. But the day they'll stop doing that is the day men no longer react to it.
Also, I agree with AkJay. Despite the fact that I am female, I despise most feminists because they degrade men to a point where I would not be surprised if there was a male version of the Suffragettes. I don't like the idea of women being treated like crap, hell no. But I really don't like the idea of men being treated like crap because some women think they're suffering as long as men have control. The world is better off with men in control, in my opinion. Men are superior to women in SOME WAYS. Not all, but there are certainly situations a man reacts to better.
& wow I went well off my intended point...
Why can't the genders simply be equals? Men treat us with respect, and we'll treat you with respect. But of course, we have those rappers refering to women as... (am I allowed to say it without getting in trouble with the moderators?) "bitches", and talking about them... engaging in oral sex. If those guys weren't rich, and those girls weren't paid to act like that, then I can almost guarantee those guys would get no (self respecting) women at all.
I've had men tell me I'm too weak to do things, which is good, because they were things I didn't want to do (Move a couch, flip over a hot tub, etc). Men are considered the stronger of the species because by nature they are more aggressive. We, on the other hand, are by nature the more deadlier. Ever seen a mother bear protect her cubs? All females have that instinct to kill to protect her young. But since that instinct rarely is put into use, we are considered weaker. That and women walking around in skimpy little outfits and caring too much about their hair or clothes or boys to worry about their grades. I saw a ten year old in a tube top, high heeled shoes and a miniskirt. I'm in high school and I'm not allowed to wear high heels!
I'm the exact same. I'm a fairly pretty girl, I'll admit that, but I dress boyishly and sometimes from behind I look like a boy, so I get called ugly and whatnot. But one day I wore a skirt and high-ish heels to school and their opinion of me was quite the opposite! People were shocked to see me dressed like that and suddenly guys were so much nicer to me. It pretty much proved to me that guys really only see a girl's appearance. If a girl is dressed in a manner they deem "hot", that girl will get attention and if she's dressed "ugly", that will be applied to her appearance in general.
& as you were saying about the bears? Girls always fight dirty. Guys walk in a circle and fight fairer. Girls just rip each other apart unless stopped for some reason.
Ever noticed it's the girls who don't dress "hot" all the time that get the good grades? Hell, in a year's time I'm going to University to study Chemical Engineering. Nice little break of the gender roles. That fact actually caused a lot of controversy between the science teachers. Some of them thought it was ridiculous enough that I was concentrating on Sciences in school, and they were outraged by the fact that I wanted to become an Engineer, of all things...
& also the fact that I'm clever further adds to my unattractiveness, apparently.
Oh well