Did you know that it’s Beautiful Women Month? Well it is!
[ul][li]Did you know that if shop mannequins were real women they’d be too thin to menstruate?[/li][li]There are 3 billion women who don’t look like supermodels and only eight who do.[/li][li]Marilyn Monroe wore a size 14.[/li][li]If Barbie was a real woman, she’d have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.[/li][li]The average woman weighs 144 lbs and wears between a 12-14.[/li][li]One out of every four college aged women has an eating disorder.[/li][li]The models in the magazines are airbrushed - not perfect![/li][li]A psychological study in 1995 found that three minutes spent looking at a fashion magazine caused 70% of women to feel depressed, guilty, and shameful.[/li][li]Models twenty years ago weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today they weigh 23% less.[/ul][/li] Beauty of a Woman
The beauty of a woman Is not in
The clothes she wears
The figure she carries
Or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman
Must be seen from her eyes,
Because that is the doorway to her heart,
The place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman
Is not in a facial mole,
But true beauty in a woman
Is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives,
The passion that she shows,
The beauty of a woman
With passing years - only grows.
An English professor wrote the words,
“Woman without her man is nothing,” on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly.
The men wrote: “Woman, without her man, is nothing.”
The women wrote: “Woman! Without her, man is nothing.”
The Images of Mother
4 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mommy can do anything!
8 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mother doesn’t really know quite everything.
14 YEARS OF AGE ~ Naturally, Mother doesn’t know that, either.
16 YEARS OF AGE ~ Mother? She’s hopelessly old-fashioned.
18 YEARS OF AGE ~ That old woman? She’s way out of date!
25 YEARS OF AGE ~ Well, she might know a little bit about it.
35 YEARS OF AGE ~ Before we decide, let’s get Mom’s opinion.
45 YEARS OF AGE ~ Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?
65 YEARS OF AGE ~ Wish I could talk it over with Mom.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.
Thanks for such an interesting post. I especially enjoyed the various ages.
Re: Feeling depressed, guilty and ashamed after looking at fashion magazines - I’m amazed that it was only 70%. Are 30% of women actually sufficiently “perfect” that they are immune to the furnace-blast of self-loathing that emanates from these magazines?
SingleDad, Thank you for that. It was lovely, and made me feel a lot better. Odd thing is, that is just what some dear friends of mine have been telling me. I’m one of those who goes into a deep depression after looking at some of the models out there.
You’re a very sweet man, and if my heart wasn’t already spoken for…
Let’s just say that you will make some lucky lady a wonderful companion.
{{{{{{{{SingleDad}}}}}}}}}}}
You are more than a human being, you are a human becoming.
Og Mandino
That’s my name, not a description. I am neither purple nor a bear. Okay, so I’m purple.<a true Wally original!>
Thanks SingleDad!! You deserve a kiss for that one! (smooch)
Chrisbar
St. Chrisbar: Patron Saint of Newbies who have already caught on to the fact that nothing else matters, as long as your post count is high. Courtesy of SwimmingRiddles
How horrible all we men are. I am so not like those other guys who lust after beautiful women! They are just so shallow! Let me tell you!
Oh, and I want you all to know that I have no problem with the need women have to lust after attractive, muscled, moneyed, well-hung men! I don’t see how this relates at all to the horrid objectification that all those ‘so called’ men submit all womynkind to!
Cygnus: Yes, some of us are sufficiently perfect to withstand fashion magazines. Others just have enough self-confidence, honesty, and maturity to not give a damn.
Well done SingleDad. As if your name wasn’t good enough, you managed to make all the women swoon over you with a well-timed and thoughtful post. (Bastard)
I’m blushing big time! I’m also a little embarassed.
I didn’t think anyone would think I actually
wrote that myself. While it echoes sentiments I truly feel, I most certainly am envious of the unknown poetic talent who originally composed it. I got it in an e-mail from a co-worker. I posted it because it resonated strongly with how I feel, and I wanted to share the sentiment with my friends here.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.
