Sexism is Alive and WELL
Okay, so I just read one of those dumb Hotmail "newsflash" things. I only read them when I'm feeling just that bit self destructive. Anyway, the "article" was entitled "Why Did He Stop Calling?" The article describes a relationship where the man stops calling after a couple months of dating. Their conclusions were as follows:
1. The woman scared him away with talk of marriage/"settling down"
2. The woman simply isn't "MRS. Right"
There were a few others, but this is already making me sick to my stomach. A man stops calling you. Whose fault is it? YOURS. Obviously. Geeze, why didn't I think of that? There's a little bit of that faux "well, there's nothing you can do about it anyway" jizz, but the article was not designed to be "feel good" for women who have recently had this experience.
Besides the obvious intention of the article (to provide "solutions" for women who never want men to stop calling them), another question ascends: WHY do women write these articles for other women? What about when women stop calling men? When/if that article is written, whose fault will it be, I wonder?
When will we stop feeling the need to draw such sharp gender lines?
1. The woman scared him away with talk of marriage/"settling down"
2. The woman simply isn't "MRS. Right"
There were a few others, but this is already making me sick to my stomach. A man stops calling you. Whose fault is it? YOURS. Obviously. Geeze, why didn't I think of that? There's a little bit of that faux "well, there's nothing you can do about it anyway" jizz, but the article was not designed to be "feel good" for women who have recently had this experience.
Besides the obvious intention of the article (to provide "solutions" for women who never want men to stop calling them), another question ascends: WHY do women write these articles for other women? What about when women stop calling men? When/if that article is written, whose fault will it be, I wonder?
When will we stop feeling the need to draw such sharp gender lines?