It is so much fun being 'girlie', and doing 'girlie' things [for want of a better word], but I see so many women who dress like men, have their hair shaved practically to their scalps [older women are really guilty of this], and because they imitate men, they walk and talk like them. I just love wearing dresses and skirts [jeans are for very casual or gardening] and lacy blouses. And having some hair on my head. What do you guys and gals think?
2006-08-04 05:41:31 · 14 answers · asked by theophilus 5 in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
Wow, jen. You sound and look like you hate everyone. It wasn't necessary to be rude. I just asked a question.
2006-08-04 06:05:18 · update #1
Times haven't changed that much - women are still women - or at least some of them are lol
2006-08-04 06:06:43 · update #2
I wear dresses all of the time, infact I collect vintage dresses from the 1920's and wear them, I love being feminane, but I also think that men's inspired woman's wear can still be feminane, look at Marlene Dietrich and Katherine Hepburn or Ava Gardner. Also a pants suit is ideal for some careers like a business woman or a attorney. You can't be overly girlie in some fields or you just won't be taken seriously. I am really sick of jeans as well, and stopped wearing them a long time ago.
I think the issue that needs to be adressed in our society is not how feminane women are, but how they feel about thier bodies, so many women dress overly sexy ( some that are very young) because they feel they need to compensate for other things.
Worse, many women don't feel comfortable with the bodies God gave them and feel as if they constantly need to loose weight to look like the actresses in Hollywood. Girls as young as 8 have eating disorders. I think this is a much more serious concern for me.
2006-08-04 05:50:40 · answer #1 · answered by Rose 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I work in the field of construction and design, which means I am around a lot of men. I have hair on my head, I'm very professional, but at the same time I am not too much of a girlie girl, but I'm not a butch, either. I wear pantsuits, dress slacks, nice shirts, maybe a skirt here and there..Women don't need to be in dresses to be considered feminine, there are many other ways you can still be a girl and not wear a dress. And I am an example of that. It's 2006 - open your eyes, open your mind.
2006-08-04 05:46:47 · answer #2 · answered by Goodbye 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
While you enjoy expressing yourself by wearing ultra feminine clothing and hairstyles, some of us feel we are expressing our femininity by dressing in whatever way we feel most comfortable in. I am 5 foot 10 inches tall and weigh 160 pounds. I look like a jackass in flouncy skirts and lacy blouses. AND most importantly, that is not my personality. And I am a real woman. Femininity is not just on the surface.
2006-08-04 05:56:15 · answer #3 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because for all that women's lib has freed up the workforce for women, women still aren't allowed to hold jobs. basically what the world said was 'fine, you women can hold men's jobs, but you have to act like men to do it', so they do. there's no equality, men are still the ideal, it's just been allowed that women can be good men, too. which means that being a woman is still 'weak and silly', because it's better to be strong and mean like men, and now that women can be men, many of them choose to be, and stop being women.
on the other hand, some women just have a natural inclination to more masculine things, like some men have a natural inclination to more feminine things. and THAT, I think, is what should be encouraged: that everyone be who they want to be.
did this make any sense? I can never tell....
2006-08-04 05:50:31 · answer #4 · answered by Deek 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have always been very tomboyish. There is not a day that I don't leave the ho\use without makeup, however you will never see me in a dress or watching a romance film. I enjoy who I am, and if that means no dresses, flowers and kittens that is fine with me. I still consider myself feminine just not overly 'girlie'.
2006-08-04 05:49:59 · answer #5 · answered by Venus M 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
not all women enjoy the chore of what being "girly" includes. some women don't like the feel of make-up. some prefer pants over skirts. long hair means having to fix it; while short you can just wash n go. i think it's more about comfort. comfort has taken over style. times have changed and everyone is busy concerned with work and just hectic lifestyles.
2006-08-04 05:46:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think people should always do whatever it is they are comfortable with. I am like you, I prefer wearing dresses, wearing make-up, and having longer hair. However, it's what I'm comfortable with, even when others aren't. I get a lot of comments when I wear dresses to certain places or events, like it isn't appropriate. What's appropriate for me, might not be what's appropriate for everyone else.
It's great to live in a nation where we can decide what we wear, isn't it?
2006-08-04 05:47:25 · answer #7 · answered by seattlecutiepie 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i am a makeup artist and hairdresser with fabulous hair and mad skilz at my own makeup. i can hardly breathe without my toes done. i also like clean lines and no frills on clothes but lots of hardware. my woman has a shaved head rarely wears makeup and loves little bows on everything, hearts, and birds and lace with her miniskirts. we're both feminine in our own way. that is the essence of woman. would you say that laurie petty is not feminine? rubbish. she's just got her own style.
2006-08-04 05:49:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-28 02:29:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Live and let live. Just because you like something doesn't mean that everybody else has to.
2006-08-04 05:48:02 · answer #10 · answered by Shar 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋