tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748223518880858538.post5369275384328056801..comments2020-09-16T16:55:35.290-02:30Comments on no plot: she who does not obeyno plothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07619429713535340246noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748223518880858538.post-7356508753619429232010-06-19T00:12:26.470-02:302010-06-19T00:12:26.470-02:30It really hits you in the face when you have a boy...It really hits you in the face when you have a boy and a girl the same age. <br /><br />He can go for a walk around our neighbourhood after dark...she can't unless he is with her. <br /><br />He can hang around with a large group of girls and be admired. She hangs around with a large group of boys and I get the phone call from her grandparents telling me that "people" will think she is a slut. (I have never figured out who these "people" are whose opinions should be so influential in our lives...they were around when I was a kid too).<br /><br />He can grab any semi-clean item from his bedroom floor and head off to school without comment. Anything less than pristine hair and make up for my daughter puts her on the receiving end of a running appraisal which would destroy the self-esteem of an Amazon.<br /><br />Is it obvious that this subject has been the topic of many a dinner time conversation?<br /><br />It has been proven time and time again that when the women in a community are empowered, socially, politically and especially financially that the whole community prospers...yet this fact is still not commonly accepted...in a lot of cultures...including our own.<br /><br />Oh the rant I could go on...LOL...great post no plot.<br /><br />GinaRegina Della Nevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11515873533711111713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748223518880858538.post-17792876443271186382010-06-06T13:36:13.565-02:302010-06-06T13:36:13.565-02:30I don't think it's ever going to change. ...I don't think it's ever going to change. It seems no matter how far some women seem to progress, there are others whose belief in some god or some man will let all their decisions be made for them. Sometimes I think we'll just have to look for good female role models in literature and give up on the females out there in the real world.Nancy Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985015909113855618noreply@blogger.com