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Funny thing about black and white.
You mix it together and you get grey.
And it doesn't matter how much white
you try and put back in, you're never
going to get anything but grey.
-Lilah Morgan, Angel: Habeas Corpses
Well here I sit, writing yet another blog. Still jobless, still looking for a job, and still attempting to make sense of single life as a 20-something. Although being that I'm approaching a quarter century of life while my mother is simultaneously reaching the half century mark this year, makes for an interesting year. We shall see what happens. I'm pleased to report, however, that the job hunt (and chances at possible employment) seem to be improving. Not only for myself but for a number of friends who recently shared my status as [insert witty synonym for unemployed here]. Met with an old friend a few days back, and got to talking about my pet project about Homosexuality and Lutheranism (there has got to be a more pithy title than that) and she ended up proving herself to be a valuable resource. Needless to say, that if this project of mine ever finds its genesis, she will be amongst the many dedications/special thanks that it will receive.
Now for the requisite rant of my post.
Recently I've seen a number of commercials (or the same commercial numerous times) regarding an interesting phenomenon of "self esteem workshops for girls and young women". [sarcasm]Seriously?[/sarcasm] I recently read a story that a friend posted on Facebook which you can find here which states that he only brought the gun to school so he could "act like a man", at least according to the police spokeswoman.
Now here's my problem with this. We have boys and young men thinking that acting all macho and possessing firearms is a way to feel like a man, but we're advertising on television self esteem workshops for girls (for the purposes of this argument, I'm going to use boys/girls rather than say boys and young men, etc) of the same age? Why isn't there any support for young males out there. They have just as many problems with self esteem, and probably far less role models of what men should be, out there than girls have. I'm wondering if it ever occurred to anyone to do something for/regarding the self esteem and image problems boys feel in addition to those problems that girls feel.
Well that was significantly shorter than I had hoped. But I'm making an attempt to get back into this blogging thing, and come up with witty rants and long (well written) opinions. It seems, though, that I am a bit rusty. Well we'll just have to work on that won't we?
Yes there are programs for males in regard to self esteem. They just aren't called that; what male stereotype is going to admit depression or self esteem issues? It's not the way culture has them wired.
ReplyDeleteWell considering that our culture has been going through considerable rewiring in the last couple decades, perhaps it's time to replace some old wires...
ReplyDeleteAnd since when is thinking about men as a stereotype done any good? Has it helped any other group to be stereotyped?
Just things to think about...