Originally posted by: zainab25
Yupp, a man who tends be older is looked at being more experienced (experience can mean a lot of things...experienced in bed, experienced in life, mature etc). Now a woman who's older and experienced at times is looked at someone who likes to have fun, "used meat", and so on. It's horrible how we complain of the gender discrimination, but we are the ones arousing the stereotypes anyways. It probably differs from continents to continents too...Angelina Jolie who's 36 right now is hot...I mean I am sure a boy who's 20 still finds her appealing and sexy. Same goes for Penelope and Cameron Diaz too...these ladies are past their twenties, but a lot of men still do find em sexy just like they'd find Meagen Fox appealing.
But I am still baffled with ageist viewpoints, who are we to decide when one retires or put a limitation in terms to age on anyone..."old" is subjective.
true...but like i said (please excuse the horrible stereotyping)
as indians, we are bought up in a more orthodox culture...no matter how broadminded we are, in some way or the other, we have gender prejudices...because especially in our civilization, we had gender discriminating customs like sati (women being burnt alive at their husbands funeral because they werent deemed as being deserving enough to live) being implemented until just 50 years ago...we dunt have men doing any karva chauth's for their wifes do we?
we are a more sexist "women belong in the kitchen...women need to be pure and virginal" kinda society...compared to the west...
like even today...sexism is very much prevailent in our modern societies...i was watching roadies auditions the other day and its appalling how some men talk abt women in tht...and even some women talk abt themselves infact...
like therz was a guy who said every woman who is into a live in relationship or has more than one BF in her lifetime is a prostitute and he himself was maintaining 3 girlfriends at a time
there was a guy who said tht he wouldnt like women to take over "mens jobs" in the corporate world and they should just do soft jobs like "fashion designing"
there was a girl who was like girls who get raped at pubs etc are responsible for their dangers because they dress up provocatively...
then there was a guy who said tht he would kill his sister if she went to pubs/night clubs...like actually kill her...
and these people are IAS, IPS, Doctors, lawyers, journalists...people who are very much educated and literate living in big cities like Mumbai, delhi etc...and they are talking like tht! 😕 we are one of the more sexist societies in the world...
Edited by smartie_pants - 14 years ago
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