Masculinity to me is a man who is muscular, athletic, has the macho attitude, and usually plays football, basketball, and maybe some baseball. I'm sure that these are not the only sports that they would play. When I think of a masculine man I think of the athletes who play sports. They always work out, they always practice and always have this "i'm all that attitude."
I guess in order to play football you would have to be masculine, because it is a tough sport. Watching it you see people getting hurt because they were thrown to the ground by a 250 pound man coming at them from the opposite direction. In basketball I would say that you have to be more athletic which in a way that is part masculinity. You run the ball up and down the court for long periods of time.
I do not find myself interested in or most of the time even caring about what these people think. I can not stand people who are full of themselves, and people who judge people they don't even know. I think that most of these athletes are completely full of themselves and that to me is not masculine at all.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Beauty
I really enjoyed reading Only Two Percent of Women Describe Themselves as Beautiful. I found it interesting because it made me open my eyes to things that I never realized. I always have believed that all women are beautiful in their own way. As I was reading this article, i looked at all advertising differently, it all started to make sense to me. I think the media makes it extremely difficult for a women to feel comfortable in her own skin.
It is hard enough to be totally comfortable with yourself unless you are that two percent that have the perfect body, the perfect hair, and the worlds opinion of ideal beauty. This I believe plays a major part in the reason that so many people suffer from eating disorders. Myself, I am a big woman, but I am comfortable with who I am. I try to instill this in my daughter as well. I try to tell her that everybody is beautiful in their own way.
It is hard enough to be totally comfortable with yourself unless you are that two percent that have the perfect body, the perfect hair, and the worlds opinion of ideal beauty. This I believe plays a major part in the reason that so many people suffer from eating disorders. Myself, I am a big woman, but I am comfortable with who I am. I try to instill this in my daughter as well. I try to tell her that everybody is beautiful in their own way.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Sexiness and Porn
Sex is all around us, it is in the movies, on TV, and even on the radio. I think that sex is a big part of the American Culture, because everyone does it, and if they don't they are thinking about it. Sex is a natural part of the human nature.
It is however, sad to see what advertising defines as the sexy woman. It paints a picture that every woman should be super thin, and have no wrinkles. This is sad to me because people define sexiness as different things. I know men who only date bigger women, or should I say women who have some meat on their bones. I also know men who wouldn't even consider this. I think that if we all looked like Pamela Anderson or Angelina Jolie, that the world would be a boring place and people would get sick of looking at the same thing all over. The ads that they run on TV are sad because they affect our teenagers, and they are a good reason for eating disorders and why the skinniest of women think they are fat. It is hard enough to find your way in this world without trying to look like the most sexy of the sexiest women.
Porn is part of the American Culture and I don't see it going anywhere. I for one am not at all interested in Porn, yes I have watched it, but it didn't do anything for me. My ex-husband always watched porn so I was always around it. I don't myself understand why people enjoy it but then again I'm sure that people don't understand why other people enjoy different things. I think that Pornography says that we are a very sexual culture, and we are always experimenting with different things. I'm sure that some people look down on people who view porn, but really who are we to judge. I think that different people have different ways of expressing themselves, some people are more public about their sexual encounters, and enjoy having people watch them having sex. That's where we get the porn stars. I think that there is alot of money in the Pornography industry, because some people do unfortunately become addicted to it.
It is however, sad to see what advertising defines as the sexy woman. It paints a picture that every woman should be super thin, and have no wrinkles. This is sad to me because people define sexiness as different things. I know men who only date bigger women, or should I say women who have some meat on their bones. I also know men who wouldn't even consider this. I think that if we all looked like Pamela Anderson or Angelina Jolie, that the world would be a boring place and people would get sick of looking at the same thing all over. The ads that they run on TV are sad because they affect our teenagers, and they are a good reason for eating disorders and why the skinniest of women think they are fat. It is hard enough to find your way in this world without trying to look like the most sexy of the sexiest women.
Porn is part of the American Culture and I don't see it going anywhere. I for one am not at all interested in Porn, yes I have watched it, but it didn't do anything for me. My ex-husband always watched porn so I was always around it. I don't myself understand why people enjoy it but then again I'm sure that people don't understand why other people enjoy different things. I think that Pornography says that we are a very sexual culture, and we are always experimenting with different things. I'm sure that some people look down on people who view porn, but really who are we to judge. I think that different people have different ways of expressing themselves, some people are more public about their sexual encounters, and enjoy having people watch them having sex. That's where we get the porn stars. I think that there is alot of money in the Pornography industry, because some people do unfortunately become addicted to it.
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