31 January 2007

What is a woman?

I posted something earlier about the concept of being "a man", and I've been thinking about being a woman. After all, a woman (one should hope) is more than a pair of tits and a ... you know what. Often a woman is judged by her appearance (hair, nails, clothes, scent, ...) and her "attitude". It is expected of a woman to be soft and loving, it is expected that she behaves with deference, with grace, with softness... It is expected that she speaks softly, that she has proper manners, and elegance... and be sexy.

That is a lot of pressure sometimes... Because women are sometimes expected to behave perfectly, and if not, there is always the sense that women are not "performing" to their best... If a woman enjoys cars or chooses not to care about her appearance (by which I mean that she does not put make up on daily, that she wears pants, and wears her hair in a poney tail), she is considered to be manly, or not feminine...

A woman alos has to work, take care of her home, and expect to be paid less because she is "bound" to get pregnant (so much for human ressources... aaah... the poor employer loses 2 months of work). If a woman is sexually healthy (not shy about being sexually active), tells it how it is, is not afraid to drink, and speaks her mind, well... that woman does not fit the typical image. That woman becomes something else.

So... what is a woman? A creature that lives longer than man? A creature with a complex hormonal system? A partner that behaves like an angel publicly and like a devil privately? Why do we have expectations? Why don't we just deal with a person before considering her gender?

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

- I am always in jeans and tennis shoes.
- Rarely do I wear make-up (when I say make-up I mean MASCARA only)
- I often wear my hair back in a poney tail.
- I go to the hair stylist 4 times a year and this, only to trim some inches.
- Never had a manicure or a pedicure, never had my eyebrows plucked by someone else except myself.
- I don't cook, I hate cooking actually.
- I work out from time to time and I just started taking martial art classes...

And I know for sure that I'm more feminine than many other "women" who do what I don't and vice versa.

"If a woman is sexually healthy ... That woman becomes something else." <--- here you're referring to the tunisian / arabic / muslim society right? WHO GIVES A F***ING DAMN S**T...
Well, I am a smoker, a social drinker, don't need to be "escorted" by guys to go to a bar ... and I enjoy smoking shisha at the cafes... Did I do sthg wrong so far?? Oops, I guess I don't fit the "typical" image. What did I become in this case?

In conclusion, If you don't like my attitude then you can "F" off!!

Love you JoJo at the DoJo hehehehe

Aimless ... on her way to become an Aikido master hehehehe :):)

TuNiSiaNo said...

Yesterday i was at the football game and there were many ladies in the stadium and i guess guys weren't the only one to shout "enculé" anyway if you look around you'll find out that there's a great variety.
And no one said you have to stick to one personality, neither two.
You can have as many as you want i guess, depend your mood and will.
And it goes for both...

Anonymous said...

Je crois que l'image de la femme comme tu le décris, n'est pas générale à toutes les femmes.
Mais être une femme aux yeux de l'homme, c'est tout d'abord féminité, charme (sans obligatoirement être peinte sur tout le visage), élégance. Maintenant si on prend le coté carricatural de la chose: imagine la femme sans jamais s'épiler, parler sans cesse de sujet de mecs ( foot, cartes, job etc... ), toujours au café à boire un capucin avec une cristal à la bouche. Ben non, là on dira et emploiera l'expression : " elle est masculine " !!!
Si on existe avec de telles différences entre les deux sexes ce n'est pas simplement par nos différences physiques. Mais chacun doit assumer son sexe. Il est vrai que certains ou certaines se plaisent d'être marginales à cette image de la femme. Tant mieux pour elles, mais sachez que pour nous les hommes on vous aimes en jean , en robe, en jogging; le tout c'est que vous gardez votre syatut de Femme.

Anonymous said...

A Samplay,

Est ce que parler de job, jouer aux cartes, fumer, boire un capucin dans un café sont des choses qui ne peuvent être attribuées qu'au sexe masculin? hmmm... qui a dit ça? Cette personne est elle une reference?

Anonymous said...

"sexually healthy, says it how it is, not afraid of drinks, speaks her mind.."
Humm.. Proud to be the bitchy lady ur talking about, hehe..

Anonymous said...

Une femme, c'est aussi une maman.
Une maman, c'est la vie.
La vie est belle
Donc, les maman sont belles
Ainsi les femmes sont belles
:-)