I like Granny Smith's in pies
Kevv i can read that quote in two ways, one indicates you enjoy an apple tart, the other indicates your a bit fruity in another sense.
My bad.
Jizz, as far as the ballet goes its been quite a while even though i still do some of my stretching exercises, yoga, bharatnatyam etc which you probably already know. It wasnt that long since ive been to watch a ballet, even though the best show i ever went to was when i was about 13, it was a circus/ballet show performed by dancers and contortionists from Moscow, it was amazing. As for swimming, i cant be arsed with that. I go and feed ducks and swans now and then though.
Well pretty much, McJagger, i simply also just found a few popular fairy tales, childrens stories patronising and pathetic (even when i was younger) in the way they came across and some of the messages they sent out mainly to little girls, the whole victim mentality, needing someone else to save them, needing a prince/needing to depend on the prince etc. Some old tales etc had some things in them that could be translated into having interesting undertones that could teach certain things, but others were highly patronising and pathetic, associating females with being victims who couldnt save themselves and needing to rely on others (usually the male) and the men were associated with being heros who thought mythical beasts, saved the woman and the day. I was more interested in the Japanese, Indian and Egyptian mythology/fairytales as a kid to be honest, because alot of them werent as bad, and women had a fair amount of equality, recognition or strength etc in them, she wasnt simply just a victim due to her gender.
Of course there are some men who allow themselves to be walked over, and end up playing victim etc too, but some other men wrongly associate some guys who have or show empathy/understanding/sensitivity or showing feelings/emotions with being a victim or a woos, when that isnt necessarily true. It depends what your defintion of being a victim/playing the victim/being so called over emo is. If your looking for a good idea of a male victim in my opinion one we could all easily point to as an example is someone like RobertN.
Cinderfellas? i think some other butch or pretend to be butch men label them pansies, jessies or erm homosexuals.
However i personally think the old fashioned stereotypical traditional western assigned gender traits such as some (not all) which i listed below are exactly what causes flaws in both genders, because these traits became too common and easily accepted by alot of people instead of being aknowledged for what they were which was simply assumptions and stereotypical norms for the time. The traditional stereotypical traits are which has caused alot of problems and do still cause alot of problems, especially ones encouraging victim mentality in women and denial or ostrich philosophy in men, amongst the many other countless problems/issues. There was way too much emphasis on gender traits by automatic rather than individual personality assessment or flexibility, choice etc for a long time but thankfully there were/are people of both genders who have had the common sense to see how pathetic some of these old fashioned automatically assigned gender traits were/are and have dismissed or dispelled quite a few of them, especially women who have been more determined to show that they are stronger etc than they were given credit for and can do just as well if not better than a man.
The old stereotypes for men, once played its part in encouraging or defending rape behaviour (still does to an extent) and once upon a time (still present in some cultures etc) permitting or being an excuse for violent behaviour, they are also to blame for the biggest problem in the form of denial, failure to accept or refusal to come forward also bad after effects, an encouragement of certain behaviour patterns etc in relation to being a male sexual abuse survivor, actually in alot of cases a general survivor of any type of abuse etc unfortunately, a big proportion become victims of their assigned gender traits and not just the abuse they have suffered.
Male:
Logical
Rational
Knowledgeable
Objective
Reasonable
Strong
Powerful
Emotionally obscure
Dominant
Mature/Adult-like
Autonomous
Maintaining Tradition
Independent
Naturally aggressive
Leader
Active
Able to overcome obstacles
Competitive
Goal-directed
Productive
Requesting help = unmanly
Denial of fear
Dignity or laughter in the face of tragedy
Women:
Illogical
Irrational
Intuitive
Subjective
Hysterical
Weak
Frail
Emotionally vulnerable
Castrating
Immature/Child-like
Needy
Dependent
Follower
Passive
Materialistic
Frivulous
Thwarted by obstacles
Non-competitive
Process-oriented/less productive
Requesting help = being a woman
Acceptance of fear
Strain/weariness in face of tragedy
I dont know about the other women here but the only traits i can associate myself with in that old school list, are being intuitive, possibly also materialistic in some senses (as in i like nice clothes, and my creature comforts), and yes i admit it, maybe also castrating
but as far as everything else goes, im obviously not a normal female eh.
There another rambling, im so frickin bored, i cant help it.
