Hmm. Different expectations for women and men? How odd.
Funny how women are expected to differentiate themselves from the the societal norm (men) to get recognition.
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February 29, 2016 at 5:46 am
Cindy
Just like the hijab etc are personal choices, right?
(Yes, libfems make this argument, in their effort to appease islamists)
I guess you could also add prostitution to the list.
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February 29, 2016 at 7:27 am
violetwisp
I’m confused, where’s the misogyny? A group of women who choose or don’t choose to wear make-up. The ones who wear make up (not all of them, note) would experience negative reactions if they didn’t. Yes, I’ve experienced that, but it wasn’t misogyny. I have blonde eyelashes and for many periods in adult life have chosen to wear mascara to define the shape of my eyes. On occasions in my make-up wearing phases where I go a day without it, people think I’m ill, because my eyes are small and reddish. It’s observation from one day to the next. In phases where I haven’t worn any mascara from day to day, there were no negative reactions. See the difference? If you stop wearing colour and definition, you don’t look the same – make up generally enhances features which can seem to retract without it.
Also, Sheila Jeffreys? Isn’t she the one who says feminists should all be lesbians? I doubt she’d approve of your existence – feminist man – you must be doing it to oppress us! ;)
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February 29, 2016 at 11:25 am
VR Kaine
“Looks shouldn’t matter” is something that all unattractive people say when they don’t get what they feel entitled to. Looks do matter – not just to society but to ourselves as a matter of personal choice. Admit why we shower or shave or style/cut/brush/comb our hair and I think it points out why 1/2 of the grievance above is bullshit. If I wear grubby clothes going into my meetings and make deliberate efforts not to look my best then I’m going to 1) get judged harshly, 2) probably lose my client/job, and 3) suck it up and have to deal with how ‘unfair’ things are because my suit that day had nothing to do with my smarts on how to help a business.
Now a woman telling me “I’m not a man” because I didn’t dress up, or “a sissy boy” because I dressed up too much for such an occasion, then yeah – very offside but then again, for the most part if I’m playing at the professional level then there’s no place for anyone’s little boo-hoo sensitivities then, is there? If someone wants to not wear makeup everyday for the simple reason that they don’t feel they should have to vs. all the successful women in their field who want to, then they can go join a union and be useless somewhere. By the way, I don’t see women wearing makeup in the medical field or law enforcement, and I don’t hear any complaints about it there? Maybe it’s like Chris Rock said last night: not everything is racism and not everything is sexism?
“Feminist Man” haha. I think any guy who calls themselves that is just trying to suck up to a woman somewhere to gain favor. Support is one thing, the label is another, but then again the left certainly loves its labels, doen’t it? “Identarians”, “Second Wavers”, “99% ers”, “Hashtag Activist”, etc.. The extent some need to go to just to try and feel some sense of significance or connection is downright laughable, but hey – it’s good comedy. Long Live The Label! :)
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February 29, 2016 at 8:12 pm
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@VW
The title of the book from where the quotes have been taken from. :)
So the focus is the differing standards that some women have to comply with to seem ‘normal’ for the world.
There is no male equivalent to the perceptions shift that the women in the study experienced.
If you manage to look clean and un-rumpled, as a male, you are pretty much good to go.
Many women have more complex rituals that they feel they must follow to reach that same state as ‘good to go’ as men do.
Women in our society, because they are judged on how they look first, as opposed to the content of their character, often feel like they have to meet the currently acceptable standards of beauty – just to get in the game.
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