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Sunday, 25 September 2005 | IT'S A MAN'S FRIKIN WORLD!
I have come to the conclusion that as long as women have ovaries and breed, it's always going to be a mans frikin world!
Even in fields such as hairdressing and cooking; were you would expect females to exceed, it seems that men have to stake their testosterone flags and call it their own.
You know, I've never really considered myself to be a feminist. The hairy arm pits just don't do it for me. But frankly the older I get the more it's pissing me off.
The same stigma is also very much present in the creative design community. How many well known female creative directors have you heard of? Not many. Why? Because once again the minute a penis walks in a room the credibility of that individual increases by about 40% and lets not mention the fact that as soon as you become pregnant and breed you loose about 40% of the credibility that you may have once had. Leaving a female with about 20% professional credibility, by the time they have popped one or two little ones out.
This ladies and gentleman is hidden fact in our westernised society. Men will scoff at my comments, some women will be in denial, and those of you who have experienced 'the' prejudice will quietly agree and keep going about your lives as will I.
The thing that I find most interesting is that even women themselves fall into the trap of trusting a man's expertise over a woman's. Even those who one day complain about not seeing enough women on the top 100 business list, the next day are committing the same crime that denies women their place in the so called equality rank in life.
There is no equality and never will be.
But at least we have something that men will never have; we know what it's like to create and carry another human being inside of us.
That is the greatest power of all.
The moment you set your eyes on the being that was created inside you, your entire perspective of life alters. It's an undefinable awakening.
I do know, that men also experience this shift in perspective; because my soul mate has felt this. However his body will never be a vessel for another human being, and he will never feel the kicks and pushes of little feet and fists.
I must admit that it wasn't until I gave birth to my first little person that I truly appreciated being a female. But every other day I must admit it kind of sucks! Call it penis envy if you like Freud. You can call it what ever you like. All I can say, is that it's a Man's Frikin World!
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