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Memoirs: Women trying to measure up in a man's world

by anonymousnlovinit

Created on: July 01, 2007

First of all, if it weren't for men, a woman wouldn't have to try to measure up in a man's world, and frankly, when did it become a man's world? If it wasn't for women, there would be no men....

I don't agree with the article that was written saying how our parents and family dressed us up in dresses, and skirts and we obsess about high heels and make up and all that stuff....I am 21 years old, and I will be honest, I was about 10 the last time I wore a dress, and that was to my uncle's wedding....You have a choice about what to wear....And if someone doesn't like my face because it doesn't have make-up, then they shouldn't be looking at me....there is no pressure for a woman to have to wear a dress or a skirt if they don't want to, because you can look just as classy in a pair of dress pants and flat shoes...i do it all the time....

Why should we have to measure up? Everyone, man, woman, child, black, white, brown, green, yellow, and blue, should be treated equally, and it's usually the men that think that we don't measure up....

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