Post by Chips on Jun 11, 2008 10:32:31 GMT 9.5
Would prefer sagacious in the city
Peter Maresch
June 11, 2008
HECKLER
LIKE most men, I am constantly on the lookout for perfection in women. In the knowledge that physical beauty is transitory, I tend to focus more on their intellect and perspicacity. While I'm aware that trends have their peaks and troughs, I've noticed the graph heading downhill for some time, and nothing has affirmed that more than the rush to view Sex And The City on the big screen.
Four self-obsessed, aggressive, narcissistic fashion victims are now the idols for women from teen to menopause.
Can Australian women really relate to four primped, preened, neurotic ladies of leisure from New York? Are they that susceptible to the sales pitch, that emotionally gullible, that materialistic, that intellectually stunted that they can't create or appreciate their own ethos?
Entire industries have boomed on the back of women's manipulability, from hair care to cosmetics, clothing and magazines. Huge amounts of a woman's disposable income must be spent on expensive shampoos, creams, fashion and make-up merely to keep pace.
Listen to any female-focused show and count the number of times you hear the word "I".
Look at the idols of the modern woman: SATC, Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Kidman, Paris Hilton - materialistic women of little talent. At the 2020 summit an inordinate amount of media attention was placed on one woman: an actress. We all know Cate Blanchett was there, but who can name five non-showbiz women off the top their head? Why don't modern women idolise Gail Kelly, Gabi Hollows, Fiona Stanley, Julie Bishop, Julia Gillard? How many "women's magazines" have these ladies on their covers?
If women took time off the carousel of absurdity they would realise women of substance care little for such trivialities.
Talented women don't need to take offence at political incorrectness. Women with aptitude have no time for imaginary obstacles such as "sexism" or the "glass ceiling". They make their own success.
There's nothing sexy about a woman who relies on her looks, whereas intelligence - without hubris - can turn heads. Is it too late for the modern woman? Has their collective being been subsumed by marketing? As a lifetime observer of the quality woman I can only hope their evolution hasn't peaked.
You're a braver man than I am Peter. I'll give you the nod when it's safe to return home.
Peter Maresch
June 11, 2008
HECKLER
LIKE most men, I am constantly on the lookout for perfection in women. In the knowledge that physical beauty is transitory, I tend to focus more on their intellect and perspicacity. While I'm aware that trends have their peaks and troughs, I've noticed the graph heading downhill for some time, and nothing has affirmed that more than the rush to view Sex And The City on the big screen.
Four self-obsessed, aggressive, narcissistic fashion victims are now the idols for women from teen to menopause.
Can Australian women really relate to four primped, preened, neurotic ladies of leisure from New York? Are they that susceptible to the sales pitch, that emotionally gullible, that materialistic, that intellectually stunted that they can't create or appreciate their own ethos?
Entire industries have boomed on the back of women's manipulability, from hair care to cosmetics, clothing and magazines. Huge amounts of a woman's disposable income must be spent on expensive shampoos, creams, fashion and make-up merely to keep pace.
Listen to any female-focused show and count the number of times you hear the word "I".
Look at the idols of the modern woman: SATC, Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Kidman, Paris Hilton - materialistic women of little talent. At the 2020 summit an inordinate amount of media attention was placed on one woman: an actress. We all know Cate Blanchett was there, but who can name five non-showbiz women off the top their head? Why don't modern women idolise Gail Kelly, Gabi Hollows, Fiona Stanley, Julie Bishop, Julia Gillard? How many "women's magazines" have these ladies on their covers?
If women took time off the carousel of absurdity they would realise women of substance care little for such trivialities.
Talented women don't need to take offence at political incorrectness. Women with aptitude have no time for imaginary obstacles such as "sexism" or the "glass ceiling". They make their own success.
There's nothing sexy about a woman who relies on her looks, whereas intelligence - without hubris - can turn heads. Is it too late for the modern woman? Has their collective being been subsumed by marketing? As a lifetime observer of the quality woman I can only hope their evolution hasn't peaked.
You're a braver man than I am Peter. I'll give you the nod when it's safe to return home.