понедельник, 11 января 2010 г.

Pretty and shallow

It is the most common stereotype if talking about women. Well, it is also common for some people to put this stereotype on men, but this occasion is not that common as an occasion with female creatures. People say that there is no way for a woman to be pretty and intelligent at the same time. They say those who are pretty are shallow and those who are intelligent are not very pretty. It is just a stereotype and there is nothing like truth in it. There are smart and intelligent people and there are shallow and stupid and they can barely say at least a couple of words when talking to you. But, the level of one’s IQ never depends on a face of a person. Sure, it is possible to say that those girls who are in a lack of attention of boys concentrate their lives on science and they become scholars or something, though it doesn’t mean that this is the only way for this life to be. The face and the intelligence are not connected and those have nothing to do with each other, there is no relation between those and it is just a stereotype.

Men don’t cryIt is the common stereotype and it is even more than just a stereotype. It is like an unbreakable rule for all the men in the world. It i

It is the common stereotype and it is even more than just a stereotype. It is like an unbreakable rule for all the men in the world. It is the rule women like and they never think about the nature of this rule. They want their men to be strong and tough, but they forget about men are the same living creatures with women and they also have hearts and souls and feelings and all of those may hurt and cause pain. It is the cruelest rule of all known because this rule states that people have no right for feelings and for reveal of their emotions and pain. Men do cry and there is nothing terrible in it. Men do cry because they also feel bad from time to time, they also feel terrible and there are wounds in their hearts and souls that are bleeding. They do cry because they have feelings, men do cry but they can show this pain to a special person only, and it means he trusts this person and it means he really cares. Men do cry and each of those tears worth its weight in gold because there are not much of things that can make man crying.

среда, 22 апреля 2009 г.

Just because you have turned into a mom

Just because you have turned into a mom doesn’t mean you have to fit into the stereotypes. Ditch the minivan and the stereotypes about how you’re supposed to look and embrace yourself. Isn’t that what life is all about? How can you give something real to your child if you are too busy living up to the stereotypes of a mom? Many of the stereotypes are downright ridiculous. Some of these stereotypes include things like you have lost your sex appeal, you have lost interest in your own desires, and you are too busy to take care of your body or your hair, at least for the first ten years of motherhood. These are ridiculous stereotypes that only offer us a way to engulf ourselves in parenthood and forget who we really are.

Being a mom is about being who you are while raising a child. Parents are people who had children. You don’t enter some magical fantasy world of motherhood and suddenly give up your identity card. In fact, there is no ticket taker in the delivery room, holding out a sweaty hand that snakes away your identity and gives you a mom haircut in return. While you might want to go about being yourself with a sentiment of class, there is no reason to turn in your real self for the stereotypes that go along with being a good, well centered, and deserving mother. Being a mom is the most important thing you’ll ever do, so why not do it as the person you really are?

вторник, 3 марта 2009 г.

Unnerving Stereotypes

Age carries a few unnerving stereotypes that do not necessarily need to apply. There are stereotypes from everything concerning energy to the fun that is never had to the sexual intimacy that supposedly has disappeared. These are all old wives’ tales that have no actual relevance to age. Age is just a number and nobody needs to become a story book characterization that is defined by stereotypes.

There are no limits on people unless people wish to be limited. There is no need to succumb to stereotypical behavior just because you have yet one more birthday behind you. Instead you get to define your own behavior and your own lifestyle rather than determine your course based on someone else’s stereotype of how you should behave simply based on your age. Life is about creating your own definition rather than obliging the ideas that were put together by people who are younger than you and have no idea of what your age might mean to you. After all, when you are twelve you believe being thirty is old. When you are thirty, fifty doesn’t seem like it’s as old as it once seemed. Why we think it is okay to allow someone who has never stepped into our shoes to be able to determine the right stereotypes for us. That makes about as much sense as allowing the grocery clerk to create our financial portfolio for us. Stereotypes are assumptions, and we all know how we spell assume.