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Simplicity Sucks
On 08, Apr 2012 | No Comments | In Confessional | By Mika
There is clearly something wrong with me. Maybe I’m like most females after all in their distrust of men. The Companion keeps saying to me that men are simple creatures with simple wants, that they want a woman to make them feel needed. Well, what about us? Read more…
Exploring Stereotypes – Part 2
On 05, Feb 2012 | No Comments | In Thoughts | By Mika
Here we are again! Let’s continue our prior discussion about the rampant stereotypes men and women have about each other. (If you missed the first part, you can read that here.)
This time we are exploring what women think of men of various races. I’m not promising to keep anything PC, because that’s not how I roll.
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Exploring Stereotypes – Part 1
On 04, Aug 2011 | 3 Comments | In Thoughts | By Mika
I’d been meaning to write this for a while in light of the controversial article released on Psychology Today regarding beauty and black women falling below the supposed standard. I thought it would be an excellent time to explore some of the pervasive stereotypes about race, beauty and the “understood” interests of both men and women of most races. I preface that anything I note here is meant to look at the stereotype, not to explain it, make sense of it, nor condone it. Each individuals view of what is attractive varies widely and is subject to the influence of ones culture, background and regional factors, among others. Frankly, this is more to show how nonsensical it is to even attempt to examine beauty in a vacuum or to even consider a scientific base on something that is fundamentally subjective. Read more…
