Showing posts with label Lindsey Hayden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lindsey Hayden. Show all posts
Monday, April 21, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
I'm a girl and about to graduate. So where is my husband?
Talking about princess culture really chaps my rear. Why? Because growing up in America as a woman, I can totally relate. Here I am, 22 and about to graduate college and I feel this pressing image to be in a serious relationship with Prince Charming.
Don't get me wrong, I have an intense respect for those in great relationships in college and I'm not bitter when another girl friend of mine becomes engaged. I'm very happy for them in fact. What gets me is whenever an older person asks why I don't have a boyfriend at my age, as if that is the protocol.
As women, the princess culture requires our power to be in our physical attractiveness and the man that we win. But what they never told us in Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty is what happens next? Is society telling young women that being a glorified, attractive housewife the key to being a successful woman?
And if so, how do we collectively remove this stigma and reverse the pressure to be that if the woman doesn't want to be? I know that many women can say that they don't fit that mold but those same women will tell you that it doesn't change the fact that they wonder if something is wrong with them for not.
Don't get me wrong, I have an intense respect for those in great relationships in college and I'm not bitter when another girl friend of mine becomes engaged. I'm very happy for them in fact. What gets me is whenever an older person asks why I don't have a boyfriend at my age, as if that is the protocol.
As women, the princess culture requires our power to be in our physical attractiveness and the man that we win. But what they never told us in Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty is what happens next? Is society telling young women that being a glorified, attractive housewife the key to being a successful woman?
And if so, how do we collectively remove this stigma and reverse the pressure to be that if the woman doesn't want to be? I know that many women can say that they don't fit that mold but those same women will tell you that it doesn't change the fact that they wonder if something is wrong with them for not.
Reality TV: now a career path?
Recently, a friend of mine informed me that someone she knows is trying out for a reality show instead of going to college. At this I wondered, when did becoming a reality TV star become a future "hopes and dreams" aspiration?
It could be debated that this career choice started when shows like the real world aired many years ago. But I'd like to make the argument that this became an appealing option when people saw the after math of the reality show Jersey Shore characters and the live that waited for them after their hit TV debut and continuing, highly rated seasons.
After the shows slow and much needed death, the characters continued to live on. This was different from many past reality shows whose faces we never saw again except when they robbed a convenience store 5 years later or something criminally newsworthy. In the jersey shore case though, all the characters but one had their own spin off reality shows, launched product lines and are continually paid insane amounts of money for "celebrity" appearances.With this reward just being from simply partying like a college student on camera in front of America, its crazy to think some believe this could make a good life.
It is only becoming more prevalent with the increasing amount of new and "out there" upcoming shows. With entire networks dedicated to these kind of shows could being a reality star become a career choice and should we worry about the mentality and kind of people it creates?
It could be debated that this career choice started when shows like the real world aired many years ago. But I'd like to make the argument that this became an appealing option when people saw the after math of the reality show Jersey Shore characters and the live that waited for them after their hit TV debut and continuing, highly rated seasons.
After the shows slow and much needed death, the characters continued to live on. This was different from many past reality shows whose faces we never saw again except when they robbed a convenience store 5 years later or something criminally newsworthy. In the jersey shore case though, all the characters but one had their own spin off reality shows, launched product lines and are continually paid insane amounts of money for "celebrity" appearances.With this reward just being from simply partying like a college student on camera in front of America, its crazy to think some believe this could make a good life.
It is only becoming more prevalent with the increasing amount of new and "out there" upcoming shows. With entire networks dedicated to these kind of shows could being a reality star become a career choice and should we worry about the mentality and kind of people it creates?
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