We have written a lot about gender issues in the past, and today I’m going to set a pendulum in motion that may seem swingingly odd, but I am curious to get your feedback on the momentum of the matter.
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We have a disturbing trend taking over the minds of many young women in the USA today: They want to be a Princess and wear crowns. They want their wedding gown to make them look like a Princess. They want to marry a “perfect man” in shining armor. They want to be waited upon and admired. Hard work and a hardscrabble life of striving to gain equality in society are of no mind to them now because that battle was won by those before them and they see no need to continue the good fight even though those human gains are being lost a bit each day they are taken for granted.
Continue reading → The Princess Syndrome and the Infantilization of Womanhood
Yesterday, in my — Muslim Women Conundrum — article, I lamented the fact that the women dropped a class I was teaching because of their fear of being touched by a man. Commenter “nosleepingdog” said this, in the replies stream:
We should remember though that the ultimate enforcers of these strictures are Islamic men. A woman who is accused of having deliberately put herself in a position where a man might touch her, may be beaten, disowned, raped, or killed. Very logical. Does make one wonder. Even questioning the authority of the rules and the enforcers is a crime.
That point made me think about the real roots of this masked problem of oppression, and I recalled a story my wife shared with me this week that draws a deeper, and more widespread — and certainly more pernicious! — example of how men have, and still do, try to actively control women. Even women they do not know.
Continue reading → Pulling a Ponytail: Blaming the Root, Not the Ends
I have a good female friend who just celebrated her 33rd birthday. She, and about ten of her closest friends, got together in New York City to celebrate her day. After the cake and candy and catching-up and presents were finished, talk quickly turned personal as each woman in the room — all successful and all working good jobs and all well-educated and all touching their early 30’s alone in life in the Big City — realized they were all a failure at finding “Mr. Right” and settling down into a marriage and raising a family, even though that’s what they said they wanted more than anything.
Continue reading → Women, Stop Waiting: There is No Such Thing as Finding a Perfect Man
Men are performers. We lead. We wander. We are always looking to conquer. We also tend to place great value in being funny — especially if we can make our woman laugh. We feel as if the eyes of the world are upon our funny bones when it comes to you. We’re funny that way.
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