Re: [microsound] war

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I think you took my post the wrong way, I'm talking about all the women that
are forced to 
live that lifestyle.
I was watching a news report about the youth of Iran who flee to the
mountains because they
are forced to live that lifestyle.
I think people should be allowed to dress the way they want to or worship
the god of their 
choice as long as they believe are not forced on other people's freedom of
choice.
On the subject of women, I don't find a lot of European women attractive
they have that look
and body language to them which is hard to explain.

on 4/7/03 4:31 AM, dbuchwald at dagmar.buchwald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> A humble female opinion:
> 
> Being German I am not "forced" to cover 95% of my body.  But to be
> honest; often I would prefer to do that rather than be forced to cope
> with the tons of artificial female bodies on screen, in mags, in
> commercials and so on.  No, they are not covered at all, but the
> pictures are 'enhanced' to make them ever more perfect, surgery for
> 'beauty' almost seems to be a 'must' these days.  They do not appear as
> individuals but as 'types'; there is no selling of cars, tools,
> computers, wenches, screwdrivers whatever without a barebreasted girl
> presenting them, smiling like bambi in Disney.  As a woman in the
> Western world you should better not grow older than 19, because after
> that you are no longer 'dainty' and 'cute.' Have you read the latest
> statistics about the ever-increasing rate of aneroxia and bulemia in
> Western countries -- everything just to 'live up' to the standards of
> cartoon ladies, models and starlets.  Why don't you just accept that
> there are women in the world whose bodies are not exposed to your
> scrutinizing glances?  Women whose social status gets higher once they
> become older than teeny age, not lower as in our model world?  Woman who
> bear children without caesarean operation (that this operation becomes
> more and more common is due to two facts: a) women getting slimmer and
> slimmer so that they can no longer birth children in the natural way; b)
> for beauty reasons: better a scar than growing a little bit rounder
> around the hips).  Why don't you accept that there are countries where
> women are still allowed to keep some secret about themselves rather than
> being always 'on full display'?
> 
> In countries where women are veiled there is an old tradition of
> expressing your sould and desires through the eyes.  Eyes as windows of
> the sould -- does that ring a bell at all?  At least they are granted a
> soul and are not reduced to long legs and dainty tits.
> 
> Even the feminist movement has stopped wailing about the shador and
> tried to see that phenomenon more differentiatedly.
> 
> I hate it when people assume they know what is best for others (stuff
> which is in truth just better for them).
> 
> Dagmar

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