Yakima isn't THAT small! Sheesh!

but is it true??
if so, damn, all that crap about the male ego isn't just a load of hogwash. shame on you guys!

Betty Freidan was a remarkable force in this world. When she first appeared, I didn't buy the feminine mystique drill in lots of ways. In actual fact, the world was remarkably different then. Not necessarily better, but dramatically different and decidedly worse for women in the work force.

My mom was an entrepreneur who seemed to defy all the conventions that women were supposedly subject to. She took the model of Lohman's (women's discount clothing outlet), transferred it to giftwares and established a successful business. That was in the 50's, before there were any other stores of its kind. I had no idea that she was a pioneer in many ways. I took her behavior as normal. I couldn't understand why women said they were unable to progress in the business world. She did it, so why couldn't they? As a result, I wasn't particularly sympathetic to the women's movement.

It wasn't until many, many years later that she told me about the discrimination and harassment she experienced.

Meanwhile, the world was changing and it was my female friends who were at the point. They didn't seem to stop as a result of my disapproval.

You would not recognize the world as it was. Believe me. I'm still catching up. At the same time, the pendulum has swung a bit too far in some ways, while not far enough in others.

So, what does this have to do with funny women and the discussion here? From my point of view, it has to do with how gender roles-descriptions-stereotypes-behavior have evolved and continue to evolve. How we fit certain patterns and don't fit them. How we should or shouldn't, can or won't.

Someone I greatly respect once said: "Concepts are dead." There don't appear to be many things that aren't subject to change and holding on to something too tightly just might result in missing the real story as it developes.

Meanwhile, journalistic hacks churn out all manner of contentless prattle. I get the image of someone smoking a joint and wandering off into an imaginary realm, drawing flawed conclusions and then selling them as fact; all to be forgotten shortly thereafter.

Jeanine!!! TOTALLY HOT!

Actually, cherokee, you've reminded me of something I alway say about women who dress sexy, but I'll add to it.

I think that ordinary women dress or act sexy...sexy women just are.