“Hey Bitches!” Welcome to my blog.
I’m sitting here in the downtown food court observing. It’s like the watering hole for teenage girls. They all gather, with their numerous bags of cheap shopping and in girl language they commence the common greeting call; “Hey Bitches!” This is usually followed by some high pitch screeching and hugging as if they haven’t seen each other since I don’t know…yesterday? OMG!
Yes, this is the common way western teenage girls greet each other, with a downgrading, derogatory term such as BITCH.
I’m quite compelled watching these completely typical young teenage girls and trying to imagine what they’re going to be like when they grow up. Taking into consideration all these girls look like they have tried to dress for a Nicky Minaj video clip (hit and miss, sadly) and the only conversation they’ve been having this whole time is senseless bitching, my imagination only stretches as far as teenage motherhood (ouch, sorry).
But I just can’t help thinking to myself… Where have all the feminists gone?
What has happened to the modern woman? Every time we casually degrade our woman friends with the phrase “bitch” or “slut” aren’t we taking a step back in feminism? We are so lucky to be born into western civilization, where woman have the right to vote and become prime minister and anything we can dream of! But it seems we take our rights for granted, if girls don’t appreciate or understand the power they have at hand, how can we expect them to care about woman’s rights in other countries? Did you know in Afghanistan more than 50% of Afghan girls are married or engaged by aged 10, almost 60% of girls are married by 16 and 9 out 10 women are illiterate!
When 9 out of 10 girls don’t even have the choice to education in Afghanistan
…One thing is for sure, feminism is in need of revival.
I like the idea of how you compared the priviled girls of the 1st world country to a girl of 3rd world contries to show how girls today are going in the opposite direction. priviled today are forgetting how lucky they are that they have been given a chance to be equal in society, how lucky they are to be educated. while the females in countries like afgahnistan girls would do anything to get a chance to study to be free. So i agree with you that we needmore feminists and that pop culture is having a very bad influence.
ReplyDeleteHey Holli, I can see the passion you have for this topic its great, Im so glad I read this, I feel more educated but at the same time sad about the women in Afgahnistan. I see what you mean about the girls these days not taking things for granted, I guess we all do until we see how other people live in thrid world countires and then it makes us appreciate the things we have. I think that there does need to be more feminists since the culture these days are not helping women out. "BELIEVE IT"
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