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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Is the future of Man a woman in thong?


Something I've been able to observe in the last few years has been how the traditional roles men and women occupied in society up until 30 or so years ago have changed drastically. Many factors have caused this change: the events of May 1968 (sometimes referred to erroneously in my opinion as a revolution), the breakdown of the nuclear family, feminism, the retreat of the Chuch, etc. Sudden changes inevitably bring about unforseen consequences.

According to some, (one of) the main consequences consists of the inversion or confusion of traditional roles. Women, after their 'liberation', began to behave as though they were a man like any other. At the same time, the millennial desire - no, demand-- made by women and made possible with the help of Judaism and Christianity (i.e. monogamy and the institution of marriage) collapsed rapidly. Women at last could have the sexual pleasure reserved for men and professionals up until then. Woohooo! But that's not really the point, alas.

The point is that when traditional roles collapsed, so did an entire set of structures and customs that took our ancestors thousands of years to refine and put in place. Do we really think that everyone that lived before us was stupid? Is it wise to throw away the proverbial baby of emotional and societal stability needed in order to bring children up, inter alia, with the bathwater of passé dutiful and blinkered 50's housewife?

I think not. Especially when there is nothing to put in its place.

Now I look around and I see a lot of very confused people.
Women who, all at the same time, want to be free to wear visible thongs while claiming to be a feminist and demanding respect from men but also wanting to be desired while they receive this respect but please, never to be called a chick (don't ask me how, I'm only here for the free apéritif--) Some even manage to be against the burqa but for religious freedom. It's a level of schizophrenia I can't even begin to describe.

Men who are afraid of opening a door for a woman lest they be accused of patronizing the fairer sex; trying to remain virile and attractive to women by doing what the tele tells them - buying cosmetics and getting their eyebrows shaped (again, don't ask me why...) and thinking- no, hoping!- women will recognize they're only doing it to please the ladies, and not because they're a Friend of Dorothy's.

All this does not get the baby washed though (I know...too many babies being bathed...sorry!) Because divorce has never been more popular. Of course...it's a vast topic, it isn't only about women getting orgasms from wherever they can and men who look like David Beckham but behave like ... ok, David Beckham. But there is something about it that does come from all this make-up and "novel" undies for men-- Men in thongs. I have a nagging suspicion this has something to do with advertisement. Don't you?

And speaking of Friends of Dorothy's-- tu te rends compte quand même -- they're the ones who advise straight women on how to dress/behave to attract straight men! This sounds more and more like the Game of the 7 Errors.
How can anyone be sane like this?

And now to the most important question of this entire post:



If you had to be a butterfly, which one of these would you pick?
I call the 2nd one from left to right at the bottom!!!!

PS I love Boyz II Men; their thongs are so groovy.

6 comments:

Carl Johnson said...
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Carl Johnson said...

ps- found 6 kitty errors

Anonymous said...

Let us not forget to pay homage to 'man bags'. It's still a purse, any way you slice it. To that end, simply because you can do something, doesn't necessarily mean that you should do it. And being unrelenting, I found all 7 errors.

Bel said...

For Anônimo: Yes! Man-bags! haha. That's all very well and nice but you did not answer the important Q: which butterfly? : )

Bel said...

Carl: I too only found 6-- but shhhhh.

Anonymous said...

No, I don't guess I did. The black and gold one. Halfway down on the right.