Reality Check

I'm sure female stereotyping has been attacked before, and I'm sure that all of you have heard about it before. And yet, some people don't get, or refuse to believe the message that's being sent out. Certain women still believe that by going for this, buying that, losing weight, etc. etc. etc. ad naseum, they are going to be what they want to be.

Ditto for the men as well. Colone, the fancy suit from wherever; the stereotyping affects boht sexes.

Hey people! THIS IS A REALITY CHECK!

Reality is that the people who appear in magazine ads and such are specially bred on farms in California. We can't ever match their "physical perfection."

Good Grief! Why would we want to?

I, myself, have worried about my weight twice. Once in Grade five when I was the only person in the class with a beer belly and once after the first term of University when I hit 70kg. (160 lbs.) That may not sound that bad, but I'm only 172 cm tall. (5 foot 8 inches.) According to the doctors, my normal weight is supposed to be in the 60 to 65 kg range. When the doctors say I'm in trouble- THEN I'll worry about it. (Now I'm in the 60-65 range again, so I'm happy, and so are the doctors. Now my mother thinks I'm too thin. Sheesh!)

I'm picking on weight, but there are other things. Perfume, for example. There's a difference between smelling nice and flooding the room. Some people can tell the difference. Some can't; and this leads to rather interesting results. (Personally, I prefer people just to smell clean. Whatever "clean" smells like.)

Make-up is another example. I'm very glad to say I have never met a "Tammy Fae Baker", but there are some people out there who I think are destroying their appearance by wearing excessive amounts of make-up.

Of course, this is all personal preference- other people have other views. And, I'm not advocating letting your personal appearance go to pot. I'm not advocating not dressing up at all. (I dressed up for my High School prom, and had a lot of fun. Though it was EXPENSIVE.)

This is directed at those who go overboard; who are obsessed with their physical appearance that they forget that their mental appearance is what's important.

Hey people! Think about why are you putting on all the make-up, perfume, and why you are losing weight. What's the reason?

If it's to impress somebody, then consider this: If the person you like can only be impressed with physical appearances, than is that the type of person you want to go out with?

Just a random thought.