tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post4571688215702967863..comments2023-12-25T11:13:04.495+00:00Comments on Seraphic Singles: Nice Review & FemininitySeraphichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-87084248893073031442011-11-22T11:29:28.898+00:002011-11-22T11:29:28.898+00:00Oh yes, I am very sympathetic to that female attor...Oh yes, I am very sympathetic to that female attorney. The law world does not mess around. From everything I've ever heard, it's a male world with male rules and if you can't live with that, out you go. <br /><br />Someone or other decreed that the best work uniform for a professional woman was a well-tailored grey wool suit with a white blouse, a knee-length skirt or trousers. The fashion magazines were entranced for five minutes and then went right back to pushing their own agenda. <br /><br />I always thought the grey wool suit with a white blouse and knee-length skirt, with dressy but lower-heel shoes, the epitome of professional female dressing. Quiet, businesslike, understated, feminine. In real estate, however, whoo! See how women dress in real estate: make-up is a BIG DEAL. There's a whole women-in-real-estate power-dressing thing. <br /><br />What I don't understand is why women would want to dress like men AWAY from the office or work in general. Golly, if I had the kind of job which meant grey wool suit, I would have the money for racks of feminine finery, and I would go to town!Seraphichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251504033428511090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-66522606301037255572011-11-22T02:52:20.098+00:002011-11-22T02:52:20.098+00:00Women may avoid "femininity" because it ...Women may avoid "femininity" because it is equated with being passive, reactionary, and weak (both mentally and physically). Masculinity, on the other hand, is equated with all of those things like being active, strong-minded, of sound and capable body, and proactive. <br /><br />Women have long been devalued by society, and things associated with women were devalued, or bad things were associated with us because, well, we are bad/weak/stupid etc. to bad/weak/stupid things should fit with us. We've gone from thinking women unable to cast a vote or earn a degree to devaluing pregnancy and motherhood, but that devaluation is still there. So it's not surprising to me that women run away from the "feminine" label.<br /><br />As for androgynous clothing: I recently heard that a woman who did a feature on fashion in the legal world could not get a single female attorney to speak with her on the record. Off the record, they spoke in droves, but they did not want to be associated with fashion and thus thought to be frivolous. Given that environment, is it surprising that women try to look like men?theobromophilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905236167079601771.post-4316308828281227582011-11-21T21:21:14.895+00:002011-11-21T21:21:14.895+00:00Hi Seraphic
I totally love that show: 'Snog,...Hi Seraphic<br /> <br />I totally love that show: 'Snog, Marry, Avoid'. Yes we even get that here in New Zealand. Although NZ women tend not to dress to the same extremes as some in the UK. I find it interesting your thinking that because clothing has become so androgenous that women find the need to over emphsise parts of themselves when they dress. Actually I think we may be heading that way here too. Shorter shirts, more cleavage etc. etc.<br />Athough I suspect 'natural beauty' is still the default for most women. Long may that last.Katienoreply@blogger.com