Slow Motion.

I've been reading lots of feminist books for a politics essay for Uni, and I've decided; feminism sucks!

Really. You can't do anything right by them. You put a strong woman in a movie; they'll bitch at you for showing that she has a human side when she cries or is shown as being weak in any way at all. Put a strong woman in a movie, and give her no flaws at all; they'll bitch at you for creating an image of women which is impossible for real women to match. So what are you supposed to do? Sheesh!

So anyway, I'm doing a bit of research about gender stereotyping in popular culture, and whether it's changed over time. And honestly, you can tell that is has. Sure, there are tongue-in-cheek depictions of 'ballsy' women. Or depictions of strong women which simultaneously undermine their strength by having them cry over something silly and trivial. But the fact is that these new depictions of strong women allow them the option of being strong and tough. It's much better than the movies back in the 50's and 60's, where all women were shown as working in the kitchen to make some pie, whoring it up on the streets as working girls, or shown as mothers, grandmothers, school teachers and a whole range of other 'feminine' stereotypes. These days there are the options of being a ball-breaker in the boardroom, an outdoorsy woman on a mission, an action hero or any of the other roles women are playing in movies and in real life. It's great!

But it's when the feminists push for more that it starts to get annoying. I'm all for equality between men and women, but that's just it.. equality. None of this 'women taking over the world' business. And if a woman chooses to stay in the kitchen and make pie, then that's her choice, feminists. She's perfectly entitled to make pie, perfectly entitled to shave her armpits and her legs, and perfectly entitled to look feminine if she so desires.

Psh!