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Germanicus
12-13-2013, 03:56 PM
I saw an interesting Fox Extra a heap of times because they seem to repeat the Fox Extra segments like mad. Anyway. This Fox Extra was about an article in magazine Garden and Gun titled Southern Women. The artivle is about how awesome Southern women are.

The Fox Extra segment has a woman from the South and a woman from the North and they talk about the differences between the two types of women. It is all good and unPC and they stereotype the hell out of women in general maybe. So I thought it was kind of good because stereotypes actually exist for a reason and there does seem to be inherent charcteristics that are shared between groups of people. I do not think that it is racist, sexist, misogyinist or homophobic to talk about stuff like that really.

This is the article.


Southern women are different. That is a fact. It is not posturing, or hyperbole, or marketing. (See: all those song lyrics about California girls and their undeniable cuteness.) Southern women, unlike women from Boston or Des Moines or Albuquerque, are leashed to history. For better or worse, we are forever entangled in and infused by a miasma of mercy and cruelty, order and chaos, cornpone and cornball, a potent mix that leaves us wise, morbid, good-humored, God-fearing, outspoken and immutable. Like the Irish, with better teeth.

To be born a Southern woman is to be made aware of your distinctiveness. And with it, the rules. The expectations. These vary some, but all follow the same basic template, which is, fundamentally, no matter what the circumstance, Southern women make the effort. Which is why even the girls in the trailer parks paint their nails. And why overstressed working moms still bake three dozen homemade cookies for the school fund-raiser. And why you will never see Reese Witherspoon wearing sweatpants. Or Oprah take a nap.

For my mother, being Southern means handwritten thank-you notes, using a rhino horn’s worth of salt in every recipe, and spending a minimum of twenty minutes a day in front of her makeup mirror so she can examine her beauty in “office,” “outdoor,” and “evening” illumination. It also means never leaving the house with wet hair. Not even in the case of fire. Because wet hair is low-rent. It shows you don’t care, and not caring is not something Southern women do, at least when it comes to our hair.

This is less about vanity than self-respect, a crucial distinction often lost on non-Southerners. When a Southern woman fusses over her appearance, it does not reflect insecurity, narcissism, or some arrested form of antifeminism that holds back the sisterhood. Southern women are postfeminism. The whole issue is a nonstarter, seeing as Southern women are smart enough to recognize what works—Spanx, Aqua Net—and wise to the allocation of effort. Why pretend the world is something it isn’t? Better to focus on what you can control (drying your hair) and make the best of what you have. Side note: Southern women do not capitalize on their looks to snag men, though that often results. The reason we Southern women take care of ourselves is because, simply, Southern women are caretakers.
http://gardenandgun.com/article/southern-women

Who wouldnt enjoy some good Southern hospitality I guess? (:

Post feminists? That is fucking awesome.

And wet hair is kinda low rent right? I mean even those girls in the trailor parks paint their nails.

I like this persons morality. She is very honest about how she feels. Postfeminist. (:

So are the Postfeminists correct? Are there different types and classes of women? Like in general?

The big thing to think about is the whole capitalizing on looks. The article is saying that Southern women do not make themselves look hot for men because they do not care what men think of them. They do it for themselves. Because Southern women are worth it. (: And it is saying that the pathetic and pitiful Nothern women are actually trying to look all hot and stuff just so that a man might look at them twice. Is this fair? (: The writer of the article, Allison Glock does not have slave morality is for sure.

The clip of the Fox Extra item is in this link- Are Southern Women Superior?
http://laurieabkemeier.tumblr.com/post/54386891934/are-southern-women-superior-ronda-rich-tells-it

So which kinds of women are the best? The Southern women? Northern women? Feminsts? Postfeminsts?

Do the trailor park women of the North really stack up to the trailor park women of the South? What, with their painted nails and dried hair and all?

What kinds of women are superior do you think? (:

4922


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJKze_ukrXY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ

Girl power!

Germanicus
12-13-2013, 03:59 PM
The whole issue is a nonstarter, seeing as Southern women are smart enough to recognize what works—Spanx, Aqua Net—and wise to the allocation of effort. Why pretend the world is something it isn’t?

Has this chick been reading Sense and Sensibility or something? Jane Austen will rot your brain. And your soul.

4923

The great cause of socialism will make it so that there are no women painting their nails in a trailor park and so that Jane Austen doesnt have to encourage women to choose security over love. The key to that is making the bottom level of society wide and making that level not anything to be ashamed of. Normal. But there is higher class. This makes a better society and better, happier people. I reckon.

edit- so you pretty much make middleclass the bottom..

Max Rockatansky
12-13-2013, 04:01 PM
I think women who are smart and a little slutty are superior.

http://anchorsandfreedom.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/smart-is-slutty.jpg?w=500&h=492

MrJimmyDale
12-13-2013, 04:06 PM
I'm the sophisticated Hollywood playboy type..........and I prefer a southern gal every time. I just can't stand to hear a Yankee woman talk. It's like nails on the chalkboard......:)

Codename Section
12-13-2013, 04:40 PM
They're hotter.

http://mensfame.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cowboy_girl-21.jpg

Germanicus
12-13-2013, 04:42 PM
Australian women are the real southern ladies really. We are very deep south in the great southern land. Where the women glow, and the men plunder. (:

I think that Australian women really can be decribed as diverse. It would be hard to stereotype them no matter what part of Australia they were from. Maybe you could say that Australian women get drunk a lot. And they are more likely to drink beer than women of any other nationality. And that is nothing to be proud of. (: I cant think of anything else.

So, if they were more likely to drink beer than women of other nationalities then you could then say other things I guess. I wouldnt though. The fact that we have so many cultures and stuff makes it hard for someone to pigeonhole Aussie women really.


As debate rages over sexism and misogyny in federal politics and across the country, a global survey has found Australian women are the most economically empowered in the world.
Australia topped a list of 128 countries for women's access to education, equal pay, childcare and anti-discrimination policies.
The study, by international consulting and management firm Booz & Company, found Australia was the global leader despite its women still being paid 17 per cent less than men.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/australias-women-most-empowered-in-world-20121016-27p5u.html#ixzz2nOXUSgOJ



Australian women are most powerful. And since then we have a paid maternity scheme that pays women like full salary up to like $10000 a year for a year after the woman has thew baby. We already had like the most generous maternity leave scheme plus a 'Baby bonus' of like $7000 when you have a baby. I think the baby bonus has been reduced now.

The % on pay is bull. Women are not paid less than men here or in US. It is bull and the people saying it should be arrested and put in jail. This is the last nonsense the feminsts have. Pay. And their imperial crusades in other lands. But in the west it is this nonsense on salary and the statistics given always twist reality. More men do work in high positions. Of course. Men are more likely to seek high salary and also clearly better at negotiating it. Women are catching up and will take over soon, and already have in some areas and places because of education and the modern pressure on women to strive. But all nations in the west pay an award that is same for men and women. Same. If women cant negotiate a bit higher salary then that is their problem. Many women can. More are coming. There is no glass ceiling. Women are not being paid 17 percent less than men. This is misleading flim flam.

edit- Australia is pretty PC so when Gillard was PM all anyone ever talked about was which politicians was in trouble this week for saying something misogynist. Thank god she is gone. And that we have "the first women PM of Australia" out of the way. Gillard used the fact that she was a women to her political advantage any time that she could. She is still making money from being female right now. Very unsouthern ( she is from Wales I guess, so she is all northern ) of her to capitalize on her sex if you ask me and very unpostfeminist.

edit- I think that I might be a postfeminist.

roadmaster
12-13-2013, 07:13 PM
I love southern people. We also treat our good men with respect.

fyrenza
12-13-2013, 07:30 PM
Sounds to me like Australian women are the "cowgirls" to the US's southern "belles;"

both completely competent to handle their own lives,
but the belles want to look good, while they're doing it! ;)

roadmaster
12-13-2013, 07:38 PM
Sounds to me like Australian women are the "cowgirls" to the US's southern "belles;"

both completely competent to handle their own lives,
but the belles want to look good, while they're doing it! ;) It depends on the girl. If you wear make-up while working in the south it will melt off you. You wait for the night for that.:wink: Besides my face was always clear, smooth and brownish. Didn't really need make-up. A smile goes a long way.

fyrenza
12-13-2013, 07:49 PM
I'm a freakin' redhead ~ makeup makes me look like a CLOWN!

I've got freckles, EVERYWHERE the sun has ever shined upon me ...

And you are SOOO right ~ if you actually WORK, you SWEAT.

...

In fact, I'm kind of surprised Goth didn't go over, REAL Big, down here. http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee57/Fyrenza/Forum%20Stuff/kaos-crazybunny09_zps8513d1b8.gif (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/Fyrenza/media/Forum%20Stuff/kaos-crazybunny09_zps8513d1b8.gif.html)

fyrenza
12-13-2013, 07:51 PM
Must have been the black clothing ~ it does NOT "go with" blazing hot sunlight, eh?

Codename Section
12-13-2013, 07:51 PM
I don't know what either of you is talking about. I grew up in southern Mississippi and the girls all wore makeup.

roadmaster
12-13-2013, 07:54 PM
I'm a freakin' redhead ~ makeup makes me look like a CLOWN!

I've got freckles, EVERYWHERE the sun has ever shined upon me ...

And you are SOOO right ~ if you actually WORK, you SWEAT.

...

In fact, I'm kind of surprised Goth didn't go over, REAL Big, down here. http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee57/Fyrenza/Forum Stuff/kaos-crazybunny09_zps8513d1b8.gif (http://s235.photobucket.com/user/Fyrenza/media/Forum Stuff/kaos-crazybunny09_zps8513d1b8.gif.html)

One of my sisters is too. I like red hair.:laugh:

roadmaster
12-13-2013, 07:56 PM
I don't know what either of you is talking about. I grew up in southern Mississippi and the girls all wore makeup. Are you young. Yea I did but not a lot. I have kin in Miss.