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Quick Rant: It's a bit frustrating that we live or lived in such a society that masculinity and femininity is sorely based upon your gender. A man can't get his eyebrows done without it being seen as gay, a female can't play football or be as strong as that big buff dude in your local gym... Even in a corporate instance, men and women sometimes aren't even paid the same, but, that is beside the point, and a whole different rant that's been done before. Like, little girls can't even play with action figures and get stuck playing with barbies, or maybe a little boy wants to dress up a baby doll... but that's not man enough.
We, and oh yes I mean WE as a society have created bizarre ideals of masculinity, femininity, and what the human body should look like for no reason... It's like a set of rules meant to be broken and not to be followed. A man should be slim and muscular, and a women should be slim with large assets to accompany her hourglass figure. Its explicitly stated nowadays that "everyone is beautiful, but not everyone". And if the fact that every women was or felt beautiful "Could this account for the popularity of breast implant surgery?(Prager)". To make the point that cosmetic surgery is meant to enhance but it's of question as to why enhance it. In Emily Prager's Our Barbies, Ourselves, she uses rhetoric by incorporating questions that lead you to keep reading her piece to find out their answers. She uses humor, and creates an atmosphere of comfort when talking about a sensitive topic.
To which i'd end this... Conformity is lame. Be you.
I agree with your post! I feel that these specific ways to be are horrible. Young Thug does things differently but it doesn't matter since hes a rapper. It should be the same for us all but the world is slowly changing. We can only hope for the best!!! Good blog #100
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