depression

she's in her room lying on her bed still in her pj's. even though it's daylight the room is dark. dance music blares out of her stereo. she wants to dance but feels so sad and moody she's struggling to muster up the mental strength. too many other things on her mind. sad things. things that leave her feeling disconnected, un-important.

a song comes on that she likes so she stands up hoping the urge or music hits her. at first she sways and bobs subtly, not moving much. soon she's moving a bit more here and there and then almost getting lost in the music. almost. it's loud enough for the beat to have the potential to move her.

for a moment she does get lost in the music. holds onto a piece of gym equipment with both hands and moves her hips, trying to get a knot out of part of her leg. before she knows it she's swilled her way down into a squat. using her ab muscles she pulls herself up and is impressed about the strength she has, that her body is able.

seconds later she ponders him. he, whom she thinks about dancing for, with .. then remembers he doesn't show a lot of interest in her moves and abilities. his disinterest in her dancing doesn't stop her from dancing when she's feeling cheerful. it's just that often she doesn't feel cheerful enough to dance.

even now that random thought brings tears to her eyes and she plonks back down onto the bed again. feeling teary and sad yet wishing she felt like dancing. where did that joyous feeling go?

7 men

and then there were seven as happens on reality tv.

7 men in a room talking about their wives, one man's wife in particular. of the 7 men one is a self professed stripper watcher. one man turns another man's wive into a sex object by asking how the man can have a conversation with her without staring at her (large breasts). guess which man it was?

'they' say it's regular man stuff that all men do, perfectly normal. yet of the 7 men only 1 objectified her. normal? not really.

the other men were appalled, at least several claimed to be, yet non told the other man how they felt about his banter. even then they were only annoyed that the husband was insulting his own wife and letting others insult her .. but not about the sexual objectification of a woman.

i mean seriously ..

what if they'd done that to HIS wife or theirs?

what if she was your daughter?

 

this pic pissed me off. it shits me because the only reason this father feels this way is because he knows what kind of shit other males are going to put his daughter through. and he knows this because he and other men treated girls badly when they were younger.
instead of telling boys to stay away from his daughter why doesn't he and other men, talk to each other about the respectful things they do to and for women?
why don't they start by changing the conversation?
if you're not bragging about how you fucked some chick 50 ways from sunday you wouldn't have to worry that some day some dickhead is going to do the same to your daughter.
if you're not bragging about how you groped some chicks breasts like it's a conquest you wouldn't have to worry that some day some dickhead is going to do the same to your daughter.
if you talked about what a work of art sex is, how it's a skill to treat a female with respect, dignity and equality, how all women deserve the respect you wish to be shown to yourself and your daughter, you'd change the way other guys are going to treat your daughter.
instead of telling guys to steer clear of your girl why don't you men make it that men won't want to abuse or mistreat women because YOU don't abuse or mistreat them.
it starts with you and if you are treating women nicely talk about it, shout it out. let other men know this is how they're supposed to treat females.
then maybe t.shirts like this will be unnecessary.