I have always considered myself a feminist.
Ever ready for a bit of man bashing and constantly on the brink of declaring myself a lesbian and off men for life.
I also fully believe that women are the superior sex. Lets face it we give birth, look after the children, cook dinner, wash clothes AND have careers on top of that.
Even university, which was once a male dominated area of education now has more women studying than men!
HOWEVER
I am not one of those women who believes it is demeaning of a girl to wear a short skirt bat her eyelashes to get what she wants. Despite our superiority it is unfortunately a male dominated world and us women have to do whatever it takes to succeed.
Eva Peron did NOT get to be the most powerful woman in Argentina through her math and science ability.....well perhaps biology :P
Anyway, it really annoyed me when reading in the Guardian today how Joan Smith was criticising playboy bunnies, and girls who aspired to look like them.
What exactly is wrong with good grooming and personal hygiene?
Sexual Appeal
Smith seemed to think that dressing up and making the best of yourself as a woman meant only appealing to a man's sexual nature and that it was not appropriate to get recognition for ones looks. Hello- what about self value? Looking good makes everyone feel better, just look at programs like 10 years younger!
Smith thinks it should all be about intelligence and brains.
In an ideal world, perhaps she's right, brains should come first. But men will always see women as objects before anything else.
Any smart woman should know that.
If you want to be remembered and respected you have to have sexual appeal to get male attention. Otherwise you are just an anal bitch, with aspirations that will never be realised.
And if you're a really intelligent girl, you'll let the man think he's cleverer than you, that way he'll always do whatever you want.
