Tuesday, September 30, 2008

whats wrong with cinderella?

Ever since the creation of men and women, men have always been the superior, the ones to have the job, make the money and be the head of a household. It was not until the last 100 years that women started to fight and claw their way up this ladder of superiority, looking to acquire a spot of equality with men. Today more women then men attend college, and many woman are taking over high power jobs that had at one time been impossible for women to even think of attaining. Now because of these accomplishments the idea of femininity is growing to be something that is looked down upon, many times even criticized. A women who wears dresses all of the time, belongs to a sorority or even just enjoys having glossy nails and wearing heels are looked at as brining down our gender. Giving into the male agenda, creating a person that is acceptable to their standards. What I do not understand is when did this switch in thinking occur? Why is it that just because a person is girly, or likes to play with Barbie dolls that she is less of a person, that this decision automatically means that she will not be a high powered lawyer. Just because a little girl loves to watch the Disney Princesses, and likes to dress up like them does not mean that she will grow up to be an airhead with no life goals other to marry a husband. Is it impossible for her to like these things, but to still grow up to do whatever she wants, whether it is to teach, be a lawyer or even a fire person. Why does what she grows up to be change just because she loves to play baseball instead of playing with dolls? Is that not giving into the male persona, declaring that only when girls do what boys do that they will have the stamina and will power to grow up and hold a position once restricted to men. Little girls should be able to run around pretending to be a princess and not automatically be judged as someone who only wants to get married and have kids, that maybe they will have a career. It is when this day comes that true equality will be achieved.

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