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Re: Women are just as shallow as men [Re: Society]
#13990424 - 02/19/11 03:03 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Society said: So what's shallow?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shallow
Urban Dictionary, LOL. Is this your source for knowledge and linguistic annotation? There's also quite a few "definitions" there, buddy.
The first one i what i'm referring too, and urban dictionary was used because slang like shallow doesn't fit its definition in the dictionary. I think urban dictionary is a funny and useful source for slang words.
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Re: Women are just as shallow as men [Re: Anneji]
#13990581 - 02/19/11 03:35 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Yep society, I reckon it's a valid complaint about society. Though if the cross cultural studies argue that certain looks are attractive and this is due to some biological imperative, i reckon that argument can only be taken so far, because it is also culturally prescribed. I say this bc different looks have been considered attractive at different points in history. There have been times that being fat indicated that you were wealthy and therefore fat was considered attractive, or eg. costumes with padding to give you just a pot belly, no eyelashes or eyebrows were popular once, plucking the hairline to give a high forehead and other weird shit. Anorexia is a 'culturally specific disorder' to western society. I have an abnormal psych book that has Anorexia in a table with other culturally specific disorders like 'koro' where, in China, based on a cultural myth, a person has an overwhelming belief their penis will disappear into their abdomen, and 'latah' - a disorder in Malaysia preciptitated by tickling or the word 'snake' where the person has a tic like reaction with compulsive use of obscene language. If you think about it, it's also pretty weird not to want to eat. I reckon social acceptance is a really strong motive for behaviour, but i reckon its really unfortunate that our culture promotes these unobtainable ideals. Especially if you look at the degree of photo alteration in magazines eg. making breasts larger, waists thinner in women, chests broader in men, airbrushing - deleting blemishes, making teeth and eyes whiter, etc. It's done pervasively. Social comparison is something we do unconsciously. Studies show people's self esteem is lowered after looking at those images. It's unfortunate we are comparing ourselves to false images - who measures up to that stuff? There are 6 supermodels in the world and everyone else has lumps and bumps and other imperfections. But there are some people out there who are more enlightened and are able to see through that stuff.
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Re: Women are just as shallow as men [Re: barbaloot] 1
#13993995 - 02/20/11 02:24 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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I actually thought this was a "shallow" topic based on the title, but the more I think about it, there is some real truth to it. It's not that girls or guys are necessarily any more shallow than each other in the sense of personality, intellect, etc...but rather that our motivations, especially concerning the opposite sex, aren't always tidy as we might like to portray them to be. We delude ourselves and trick others to get what we want. I think this is more pronounced in girls because they're supposed to fit a mold where they're more mature and pure about these things (as someone mentioned), when in reality it's much messier.
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Re: Women are just as shallow as men [Re: Grok]
#13994694 - 02/20/11 09:30 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: Women are just as shallow as men [Re: Anonymous #1]
#17393047 - 12/14/12 05:35 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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remember there is a difference between girls and women, like men and boys. girls like assholes because they're as equally shallow as men and it interests them for some emotional reason, but guys like crazy for an equally fk'd up reason. You should actually thank the asshole for taking the crazy bitch for you, because the one that recognizes the asshole instantly and wants nothing to do with him and see's that your not an asshole is the one you want, Its a little more simple than you make it out to be. Quality or quantity, the best sex I've ever had, by a long shot, has been with my girl of 4 years, not some trashy one night stand. Patience will work, every one in a happy long term relationship will tell you that.
ps. I think you need to change the women you hang out with, they sound like girls
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