it occurred to me last night that there is a class of chick-lit which puts forward the viewpoint that self-confident women with lives of their own will always be bothered to look good, keep their hair cut in a flattering cut, not go to the supermarket without makeup - while the downtrodden ones with no sense of self worth will be the ones ambling around in old jogging pants and hair greasily flopping around their unmadeup faces.
this is nothing like the extent of what tad is saying, but it's taken me a while to realise that this is really not necessarily true...
the thing is, if you subscribe to this idea, then you don't go out to the shops looking a mess unless you're feeling really can't-be-bothered and lazy, so you perpetuate it. (not smelling bad is really politeness, on the other hand).
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Date: 2008-01-18 10:08 pm (UTC)this is nothing like the extent of what tad is saying, but it's taken me a while to realise that this is really not necessarily true...
the thing is, if you subscribe to this idea, then you don't go out to the shops looking a mess unless you're feeling really can't-be-bothered and lazy, so you perpetuate it. (not smelling bad is really politeness, on the other hand).