Girls, Women and people..the real deal

I know that you read through so many posts, blogs etc...
Many times you look at them and think. Ive already read that, done that...you name it!
Im not going to tell you, persuade you or "brainwash" you into thinking like me.
All that Im asking is to take away a few minutes of your time for you to think about women in our society.

This post is in combination with 'Quotes by Women' :o)


Women sometimes think the world is against them, but other times the world thinks women are against them. In reality, NEITHER is true.

The truth is both sides struggle to communicate properly to each other. In more ways than one.


The other day I was going through my Mother's emails...as a teenage daughter usually does :o) and I stumble across something quite interesting.




The Email contained an advertisement from the 1950's entitled "The Good Wifes Guide"

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Anyone could guess what it would be about.....but the truth is how many of you really want to know?

Ladies and Gentlemen, the truth unveilled about How to be the perfect wife. Does this sound familiar??? Today's magazine titles havent changed much, except for they're more aimed at sex...for one obvious reason, it's what people want.

Anyway, the advertisement went on to explain what a good wife entails.
It said this:

• Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready, on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are nhungry when they come home and the prospect of a good meal is part of the warm welcome needed.
• Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you'll be fresh when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work weary people.
• Be a little gay and a little most interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it.
• Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives.
• Gather up schoolbooks, toys, paper etc and then run a dustcloth over the tables.
• Over the cooler months of the year you should prepare a light fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, catering for his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.
• Prepare the children. Take a few minutes to wash the childrens hands and faces, comb their hair and, if neccessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part. Minimise all noise. At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of the washer, dryer or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet.
• Be happy to see him.
• Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him.
• Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but at the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first - remember his topics of conversation are more important than yours.
• Make the evening his. Never complain if he comes home late or goes out to dinner, or other places of entertainment without you. Instead try to understand his world of strain and pressure and his very real need to be at home and relax.
• Your goal: try to make sure your home is a place of peace, order, and tranquility where your husband can renew himself in body and spirit
• Don't greet him with complaints or problems
• Don't complain if he's late home for dinner or even if he stays out all night. Count this as minor compared to what he might have gone throught that day.
• Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfotable chair or have him lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him.
• Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low soothing and pleasant voice
• Dont ask him questions about his action or question his judgement or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always excersise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him
• A good wife always knows her place

So what do you think?

True...Not true....or needing to be said about women?

WOMEN, SEXIFIED?!

so.

girl 1: do you like this dress?

girl 2: yeah but dont you reckon its a bit long? like, are you armish?

girl 1: omg no! yeah i suppose, i just wanna fit in.

girl 2: then definitely go shorter... and tighter... and lower

stop.

Ever been in this scenrio? We all have. I never thought i would hear such distasteful language being uttered from a young person's mouth.

Let's face it, we all go through peer pressure. I'm sure girl 1 didnt agree with girl 2's advice but was too scared to stand up for what she truly believed in.

With today's media, everyone is exposed to the latest fads - tighter clothes, bigger boobs, lower tops, shorter dresses.

Misrepresentation of women in the media

Quotes by Women

if you thought women weren't inspirational we are here to prove you wrong

Judging

So, we all know that everybody makes judgments! Judgements on what looks good, tastes good, is fun to do, etc. What we want to focus on is our judgement of eachother, and whether it's alright to evaluate someone like we do clothes, or food.

STARTING WITH YOU
Hi everybody,
so if you've read our introduction you'll know what were about. We, as girls, totally get the judgement thing. I mean how many of us can say that we have gone a whole lunchtime without critisising another persons clothing choice, hair, character, general 'annoyingness'.
ou can laugh but we all know its true.
So when we decided to write this blog, we realised that we needed to find the source of this judgment. After searching high and low we realised that it stems from a personal dissatisfaction. To combat this we feel the need to attack someone else and try and make them as insecure as us. This gives us a feeling of self-satisfaction and empowerment.

Teenage Girls vs. Barbie

Since little girls, teenagers have been exposed to unrealistic skinniness and sexuality posed by media, through advertisements and entertainment products, and reinforced by family and friends.

When growing up, girls look towards Barbie and other similar dolls, such as Bratz dolls, as their main entertainment in television shows, movies and play dolls. These views are then supported by family members who encourage younger girls to continue their involvement with these self-esteem and body image degrading products. This support is shown throught their frequent purchase of said play dolls and the different media entertainment products, such as movies and the viewing of television shows, which family members and friends give.

Once they are teenagers, they continue to believe in these encouraged views from childhood, causing the now body image obsession some teenagers face. It is in these years, that those previously oblivious to these aspects of themselves, being a necessary thin body and being an almost replica of all skinny models used in public media today, find themselves shunned upon by all others until they commit and conform to these new views. Though it isthe minority which hold these particular views, the media doesn't help the situation of those previously ignorant of these aspects in teenage life, by 'blowing it up' into a massive problem present in everyday life by everyone.

It is for these childhood-grown teenage views that disgust many into the opinion that "If beautiful became any thinner, it wouldn't fit." While some find themselves immediately put into this category just for being who they are, others try to the extreme, to also acheive the same results. Instead of being who they are as well, and providing variations to human society, and giving the idea to younger relatives the need to conform to what others are doing, just to please them and not themselves.

Advertisements provide their fair share of influence on younger children as well as teenagers on the many different views held by most for the 'perfect teenager' image. Though many believe that they are innocent of these types of behaviour, they can be, in fact, the ones who create this effect on others, the most. While most of the teenage population feign ignorance, especially when the school hierarchy and the different social groups in a school are included as examples of when 'the popular girls', those who hold this 'perfect teenage' view, exclude those who don't hold the same views as them.

Without even realising it, teenagers of every generation and from all over the world participate in the battle of teenage girls against barbie-like teenagers. The results change from day to day as peer-pressure influences some, believing in yourselves convince others not to change their views, and the thoughts and actions of those you care about affect the thoughts you hold of yourself. While this battle continues, even today and most probably for many more years, the one thing that is certain, is that despite all the views held on and over teenagers of all generations, there never was - or will be - a perfect teenager.

Welcome to Real Teen Issues

This blog is for young women to make comments about issues facing Australian female teenagers in today's society. Issues such as body image, cyber-bullying, peer-pressure, drug use, sexualisation of girls, self-harm, dieting, women's magazines, and advertising will be discussed.