The color pink. Bubblegum. Pigtails. Shopping sprees. Little flouncy outfits. "Oh damn, I broke a nail."
I suppose everyone has their own definition of "girly girl" but it certainly seems as if it's a bad term these days, doesn't it? I'm all for gender equality but I'm also an advocate of the biological fact that men and women are inherently different. And while I'm not saying I prefer the "girly girl," I'm probably more willing to date one who's more...um...feminine than the sporty chick. And hey, I really want a woman to take care of herself and all that, and if she loves watching - or even playing - sports, fine by me.
But if you remind me too much of my male friends, we've got a problem.
Anyway, is it just me or is the ultra-feminine style disappearing because it's considered inferior? I mean, we all probably associated a lack of intelligence with "girly girl" thanks to Barbie. The "dumb blonde" stereotype and the classic "ditz" tend to be applied to women who would qualify as a "girly girl," right? Haven't we moved past all that, though?
I know this girl who works in an office, and she tells me that most women there wear suits. I told her I have NO problem with that because I think a woman in a suit is freakin' HOT.
But then she told me she wore a dress one day, and her coworkers actually insinuated that she shouldn't wear one, that it makes her look "less professional." One other woman even made a face and said something like-
"I thought women had made enough strides in this country where they didn't have to wear dresses to work."
My friend was taken aback. She said, "Uh...I wore it because I like it, not because I have to."
She also tells me her friends are starting to avoid things that would label them "girly girls." The strange part is that apparently, all of them were the quintessential ultra-feminine girl back in school but now, almost all of them have ditched a lot of their "girly" outfits, and they don't even want to be seen in line for a chick flick (or what they perceive to be a "chick flick").
This sounds suspiciously like women have no interest in being women anymore. Why? To make some sort of statement? Ladies, just so you know, that's the wrong statement to make. You're basically saying that if you want to be treated equally, you basically have to look and act like a man...how the hell is that helping anything? If you want to be a respected woman in the workplace or anywhere else, be a woman in the workplace, not a woman trying to be a man.
Attractiveness is subjective, of course (read this MyTake, for example) but I'm not sure this is a positive trend. Anybody else noticing this? Girls in your 20s, are you seeing this happen at all?
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