I agree with this as a good chunk of the issue. - Though women overwhelmingly enjoy a good romance, so it's understandable the catering Hollywood has employed and the romance novels that authors write. - There are a number of commercials that propagate the necessity of beauty. We are a vain soceity when it comes to our appearance - far more with women, I think, than with men. Because while we all fawn over Johnny Depp, it's also considered a "true" stereotype that men are far less picky about being the perfect size in the perfect pair of jeans. There are, of course, the "metrosexuals" who would vehemetly disagree with that. ;)
I also can't stand that we look at, for instance, Hilary Clinton, and proclaim, "She's a woman and look what she did!" For all our claims of progress to equality, we still treat success as if it's against the odds. History does dictate what happened in the past, but we're living in a different world from then. It is not uncommon for a woman to hold political office or be a powerful executive. - But that's a different rant. ... Mostly.
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Date: 2010-04-08 05:07 pm (UTC)I also can't stand that we look at, for instance, Hilary Clinton, and proclaim, "She's a woman and look what she did!" For all our claims of progress to equality, we still treat success as if it's against the odds. History does dictate what happened in the past, but we're living in a different world from then. It is not uncommon for a woman to hold political office or be a powerful executive. - But that's a different rant. ... Mostly.