Is It Really A Man’s World? 7 Ways Women Have it Better Than The Fellas

May 17th, 2012 - By jaebi

"Fashion Freedom"

Fashion Freedom

There’s no question that the fashion and beauty industry caters to women and it ain’t because women are harder to please than their male counterparts. It isn’t even because women naturally love to shop.  Actually, the industry was set up that way by the “man” to keep women distracted from serious matters when outside the home.

It backfired, like many tricks men have used to keep a lady in check. Now Kanye West can’t wear a garment resembling a skirt without controversy. While women wear articles of clothing most men can’t name, guys that step outside the range of acceptability are labeled odd. Can you say reverse sexism?

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  • Stopwritingdumbarticles

    This list is a joke, erase Fathers day? Option to not work? wat the hell is positive about that?

  • Nitty

    We have putwas
    men have pitwas
    Ofcourse we are better.

  • NarutoFriendOmoi

    Women > Men

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  • http://www.peridotdynasty.com/ Roni W

    *feminist/womanist radar goes off, afro goes straight* O_o Ooookay…this list is offensive to women. Especially “work is optional”. Not in this economy, day, and age. Maybe if you’re born into that good money but not for the rest of us. Especially if you’re alone. You gotta have SOMETHING. I can’t even with this list. I’m going to do something constructive with my time–my daggone homework!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/JBF3B7FI3X5QHGVXF6CSQ5UW44 Toni

    WORST.LIST.EVER. Most of those things are completely outdated and old hat.  Peeing standing up beats ALL of those together, and that’s just ONE.  

  • Pfeiffer87

    work is optional – really? what world do you live in?!

    • not a fan!

      exactly! not for black women! We been working for generations! 1st wave feminism had almost nothing to do with women of color. I don’t like this list. There are other things that could have been listed but you chose fashion, pregnancy, chivalry (might I add is optional lol). How about we’re the majority in this country, we are the largest buying power, we dominate in certain fields like PR and etc. I’m not rockin with this list. Sorry. 

      • Shaqueen08

        Amen !

  • Mls2698

    I don’t want to click, but women have lots of power, they just seem to give it away most of the time.

    • Nitty

      Me too..

  • Mrsadkiah

    I always talk about how the Family Court or other parts of the judicial system are set up to benefit women. A woman claims she’s been raped and 9/10 she’ll win that case, whether they can prove it true or not.

     The fact that women have more freedom in fashion and aren’t looked down as poorly on if they choose to stay home isn’t anything surprising. We live in a patriarchal society; one that values masculinity while femininity is seen as a weakness. Look at how we have men, and unfortunately, women claiming a man to be acting like a “female” to degrade him. I wonder how many women understand why they’re saying by claiming a man to be less than a man by being “female”

    I love how you touched on the chivalry thing. I have no problem with it, my boyfriend was raised to never curse in front of women, open doors and all that jazz. I love it. I love a gentlemen. However he’s never treated me as though he’s doing it because he perceives me as weaker or “lesser” some how. It’s just how he was raised. Lol he told me his grandmother told him his ears would fall off if he was mean to girl! I feel that this also kind of touches on how women hoot and holler for equal rights but want to stop short of certain things (Equal rights amendment and the draft anyone?).

    I hate the term “reverse sexism” as much as I hate “reverse racism”. There is only sexism and racism, they’re wrong no matter whom they’re directed towards.