What a load of crap? Maybe for the Gen Xers, but a load of crap for this baby boomer.
Originally Posted by pyramider
I think you're right in some respects. It's about the era that you're raised in. Today, with TV and music being a major influence on both GenXer's and Baby Boomers, that difference alone is an indication of how social opinion on women have changed. But like he said, emotional maturity and having emotionally mature male role models make the difference.
The article to me, especially with #5 said that modern men lack introspection, which I feel is true of most people regardless of gender and generation. We have unrealistic expectations of life, and most of the things we feel we deserve we don't earn. Personally, I agree with his example of Harry Potter. We KNOW why Ron liked Hermione, but she never touched on why she thought Ron is the bee's knees. And for the life of me, I can't see why she'd like him either. He's cute (I like redheads), but he's a "dimmer" by my standards, and they have nothing in common.
I do feel like TV rarely portrays a hot woman in power who's not a spinster, or not lonely and undatable. I watched the episode of Family Guy where he has to go through sensitivity training because of the dirty jokes. They're making being a woman in higher positions an ugly thing. It's like you instantly get UNATTAINABLE BITCH tatooed across your forehead.
I actually encountered #3 with a former father-in-law who was a preacher. We walked by a woman who had on a skirt with a thigh-bearing split in her dress. This 60 year old man actually said 'slut' as the woman passed by. Before I knew it I asked him, 'how do you know she's a slut?' I actually know preachers' wives who are bonafide sluts. And come on, who's willing to admit that he's mad as hell at the IT guy for installing that Big Brother software on the network, making it impossible to visit adult websites?
I agree, Whitechocolate. While most women are aware of their power, it takes a level of maturity for both women and men to understand what it's for. And it's not to make men feel powerless or less than men.