daswook wrote:
UNFORTUNATELY IT SEEMS SEXISM IS THE WAY OF THE WORLD. YOU SEE IT ALL OVER, IN HOLLYWOOD, ADVERTISEMENTS, BILLBOARDS AND COMMERCIALS. NO MATTER HOW HARD WOMEN TRY THEY ARE ALWAYS BEING VIEWED AS SEX OBJECTS. FOR EXAMPLE: MICHELLE OBAMA HAS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNDER HER BELT YET ALL THE MEDIA EVER TALKS ABOUT IS HER FASHION SENSE. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE OUTRAGE THAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SHE WERE PHOTOGRAPHED IN A BATHROBE AND CURLERS? I MYSELF AS A MAN HAD BEEN TOLD BY WOMEN THAT IT IS NOT MANLY FOR A MAN TO CRY. THAT BY BEING A MAN IT IS MY JOB TO ALWAYS BE STRONG AND TO NEVER SHED A TEAR BECAUSE IT IS TO BE CONSIDERED A MOMENT OF WEAKNESS. i DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO THIS WAY OF THINKING BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I AGREE THAT A MAN SHOULDN'T CRY A LOT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN A MAN CAN'T HELP IT LIKE AT FUNERALS, OR WHEN THEIR HEARTS ARE BROKEN. ALMOST RIGHT OUT OF THE WOMB GIRLS ARE TAUGHT TO CARE MORE ABOUT THEIR APPEARANCE THAN THEIR OWN FEELINGS. YET SOME MEN PREFER TO SEE THEIR LADIES IN NOTHING BUT A T-SHIRT, MESSY HAIR AND NO MAKE-UP. SOME WOMEN CAN UNDERSTAND THIS AND SOME CAN'T. THESE ARE JUST MY VIEWS ON SEXISM I HOPE THEY HELPED YOU SOMEWHAT.