Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Society h
as encouraged a gross gender inequity between males and
females. I am referring to “outward appearance,” not “inner beauty.” Men can meet society’s expectation of acceptability in a 15-minute morning routine to take care of the basics: shave, shower, comb hair, and dress. Women, on the other hand, have a morning ritual that, with touch ups, can continue all day. For some reason, those of us who have been in the working world the greater part .jpg)
of our lives think our public still has standards to which we must aspire. F
or women, the shower is only the beginning. Hair care involves 
shampooing, drying, curling, and styling. Buy a wig and save time. Makeup requires even more work. I think permanent make up – eyebrow color, eyeliner, lip color, and false eyelashes – is the answer. It would only take seconds to complete w
ith a brush on eye shadow and blush. Once the hair and makeup are finished, the dressing process is the final fiasco. Do we really need color coordinated clothing with complementary purse and shoes? Why are we doing
this? We are creatures of habit and will pursue this inane routine until we die. When we’re residents of the Sleepyville Rest Home in the sunset of our years, we’ll have plenty of time to put on bright red lipstick and blue eye shadow. When I take my “last ride,” I’m going to request “warm” makeup colors. Society expects us to be beautiful to the end! The English poet, John Keats, in his poem "Endymion" expressed it perfectly: "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever...."
as encouraged a gross gender inequity between males and
females. I am referring to “outward appearance,” not “inner beauty.” Men can meet society’s expectation of acceptability in a 15-minute morning routine to take care of the basics: shave, shower, comb hair, and dress. Women, on the other hand, have a morning ritual that, with touch ups, can continue all day. For some reason, those of us who have been in the working world the greater part .jpg)
of our lives think our public still has standards to which we must aspire. F
or women, the shower is only the beginning. Hair care involves 
shampooing, drying, curling, and styling. Buy a wig and save time. Makeup requires even more work. I think permanent make up – eyebrow color, eyeliner, lip color, and false eyelashes – is the answer. It would only take seconds to complete w
ith a brush on eye shadow and blush. Once the hair and makeup are finished, the dressing process is the final fiasco. Do we really need color coordinated clothing with complementary purse and shoes? Why are we doing
this? We are creatures of habit and will pursue this inane routine until we die. When we’re residents of the Sleepyville Rest Home in the sunset of our years, we’ll have plenty of time to put on bright red lipstick and blue eye shadow. When I take my “last ride,” I’m going to request “warm” makeup colors. Society expects us to be beautiful to the end! The English poet, John Keats, in his poem "Endymion" expressed it perfectly: "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever...."
So True, I pick out the boys clothes in the morning so they will match, otherwise Cole tells me that "they are boys, they don't have to match" and boy do they not match!
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